Brilliant names of places you live
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Topic: Brilliant names of places you live
Posted By: Angelo
Subject: Brilliant names of places you live
Date Posted: January 22 2007 at 18:08
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See if we can get this thread off the ground. If not, oh well... Tell us where you live, used to live, were born or whatever, as long as the name of your village or city has an interesting meaning attached to its name. I'll start - I live in a town called Best. No need to explain I hope when I think it's the best place to be? ------------- http://www.iskcrocks.com" rel="nofollow - ISKC Rock Radio I stopped blogging and reviewing - so won't be handling requests. Promo's for ariplay can be sent to [email protected] |
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Posted By: Bern
Date Posted: January 22 2007 at 18:19
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I've been living in Repentigny now for 15 years. It's a beautiful little town just 10 kilometers north of Montreal. I was born in Montreal and spent a year living there. I have then lived in Québec city for 3 years. Repentigny is named after the French guy that made it an official town back a long time ago. -------------  
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Posted By: Tuzvihar
Date Posted: January 22 2007 at 18:31
My town's name is Żyrardów. It derives from the surname of a french engeneer and inventor Philippe Henri de Girard who worked in the factory in my town in the XIX century introducing his linen spinning machine. 
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Posted By: bhikkhu
Date Posted: January 22 2007 at 18:47
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I was born in a town named Muskegon. It means swamp land.
I also used to live in Chicago. Some of you may already know this, but that means smelly onion.  ------------- a.k.a. H.T. http://riekels.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow - http://riekels.wordpress.com |
Posted By: Witchwoodhermit
Date Posted: January 22 2007 at 19:02
I live in Hamilton Ontario. It's often refered to as the arse hole of Ontario. ------------- Here I'm shadowed by a dragon fig tree's fan ringed by ants and musing over man. |
Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: January 22 2007 at 19:16
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From Wikipedia:
"Fort Wayne is named after Gen. "Mad" Anthony Wayne. The United States Army built this last of a series of forts near the community of Kekionga, the largest of all Miami villages, located where the St. Joseph River and St. Marys River join to form the Maumee River.[2]" ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: zappaholic
Date Posted: January 22 2007 at 20:59
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My hometown, Canton, is named, in a roundabout way, after the Chinese city of Guangzhou (which at the time was called Canton in the English-speaking world).
The city's founder named it in honor of a Maryland businessman whose plantation was called Canton Estates, after the Chinese city. ------------- "Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." -- H.L. Mencken |
Posted By: ClemofNazareth
Date Posted: January 22 2007 at 21:04
I was born in a town named "Great Falls", which was named by the American explorers Lewis & Clark. They may have been great explorers, but they weren't particularly imaginative when naming things.... 
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Posted By: Atkingani
Date Posted: January 22 2007 at 21:14
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Rio de Janeiro means River of January and the bay entrance was discovered on Jan, 1st, 1502 by Americo Vespucci, an Italian sailing for Portugal, who thought it was the mouth of a river. After returning to Europe he made a map of his travel and a German cartographer published it and named the land Terra Americi, thence America (not only the USA, of course).
The natives know much better than the Europeans that it was a bay instead of a river and they called it Wanaparã, inland sea. From Wanapara we have today the Guanabara Bay where Rio de Janeiro city is located. ------------- Guigo ~~~~~~ |
Posted By: kazansky
Date Posted: January 22 2007 at 21:19
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my birthplace (info from wikipedia):
Surabaya derives its name from the words sura (shark) and buaya (crocodile), which, in a local myth, are told to be fighting each other in order to gain the title "the strongest and most powerful animal in the area". some of you may find this rather silly maybe  ------------- The devil we blame our atrocities on is really just each one of us. |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: January 23 2007 at 10:58
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I used to live in Aura: "Aura ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet - IPA : [ˈɑurɑ]) is a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Municipalities_of_Finland - municipality of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finland - Finland . The name derives from the river Aura and the plough (aura in Finnish) reminiscent shape of the municipality." (Wikipedia) Not only that, but Aura is also a Finnish cheese, a beer and obviously that weird energy thingy floating around all people and objects.
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Posted By: Wilcey
Date Posted: January 23 2007 at 11:06
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My Mum was born, and grew up in a place called "Cat's Bottom".... this caused much hilarity when we were kids....... hell, who am I kidding, it still does now!!!
(Google map:- Cats Bottom, Babingley,King's Lynn, Norfolk PE31 for Proof!) |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: January 23 2007 at 11:08
 To say that back in 73, I lived first in Burlington (four months) then Oakville (6 months) , then Mississauga (5 years), then Etobicoke (5 years) and finally Swansea/Toronto (another 5); I'd say that I gradually moved away from the toilet smells
 Toronto means Rendez-vous in Iroquois language.
I also lived in Montreal >> meaning Royal Mountain and now live in Brussels (originated from the latin name for marshes) ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Witchwoodhermit wrote:Posted By: andu
Date Posted: January 23 2007 at 11:12
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I was born in a town <whose name comes from the Slavic word bystrica meaning "the limpid water">. My current residence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucharest - Bucharest - holds the name of it's founder (Bucuresti = "City of Bucur").
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Posted By: Angelo
Date Posted: January 23 2007 at 14:53
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Nice list already folks! I thought Best good, but I've seen much better ones already (hmmm - there's some weird style figure in that sentence....)
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Posted By: Chris H
Date Posted: January 23 2007 at 14:55
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I live in Bristol, the most over-used city name on the planet.
There are 16 states in the US with a Bristol. ------------- Beauty will save the world. 
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Posted By: progismylife
Date Posted: January 23 2007 at 15:01
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I used to live in Grass VAlley, CAlifornia. from wikipedia: " Well-known people associated with Grass Valley include the ace fighter pilot http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Yeager - Chuck Yeager , philosopher http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josiah_Royce - Josiah Royce , the 19th century actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotta_Crabtree - Lotta Crabtree , 19th century dancer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lola_Montez - Lola Montez , actor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Sisto - Jeremy Sisto , author http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Thomson - John Thomson , professional skateboarder http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Senn - Chris Senn and bassist of the band http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFI_%28band%29 - AFI , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter_Burgan - Hunter Burgan . Also in Nevada County are http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize - Pulitzer Prize winning poet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Snyder - Gary Snyder , and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Hodgson - Roger Hodgson of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supertramp - Supertramp . On http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_15 - May 15 , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1902 - 1902 in a field outside Grass Valley, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyman_Gilmore - Lyman Gilmore reportedly became the first person to fly a powered http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixed-wing_aircraft - airplane (a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam - steam -powered glider)." and "Grass Valley dates from the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Gold_Rush - California Gold Rush , as does nearby http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevada_City - Nevada City . It is the location of the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_Mine - Empire Mine , one of the richest mines in California." |
Posted By: Witchwoodhermit
Date Posted: January 23 2007 at 17:26
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[QUOTE=Sean Trane][QUOTE=Witchwoodhermit]I live in Hamilton Ontario. It's often refered to as the arse hole of Ontario.
To say that back in 73, I lived first in Burlington (four months) then Oakville (6 months) , then Mississauga (5 years), then Etobicoke (5 years) and finally Swansea/Toronto (another 5); I'd say that I gradually moved away from the toilet smells
Toronto means Rendez-vous in Iroquois language.
I also lived in Montreal >> meaning Royal Mountain and now live in Brussels (originated from the latin name for marshes).
I started out in Milton and Oakville. Spent most of my life In Burlington, now...
I guess I'm going down the pan fast.   ------------- Here I'm shadowed by a dragon fig tree's fan ringed by ants and musing over man. |
Posted By: Philéas
Date Posted: January 23 2007 at 17:35
| When I lived in Belgium and we were going to Sweden by car during the holidays, we passed this place called Zemst. Zemst is pronounced the same way as the Swedish word for "worst" (sämst) is, so we always laughed a little when we saw the signs. |
Posted By: ClemofNazareth
Date Posted: January 23 2007 at 17:39
I think that distinction might actually go to "Columbus". There are 20 states with a city named "Columbus", including http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?searchtype=address&country=US&addtohistory=&searchtab=home&formtype=address&popflag=0&latitude=&longitude=&name=&phone=&level=&cat=&address=&city=columbus&state=ky&zipcode= - two cities by that name in Kentucky ! ------------- "Peace is the only battle worth waging." Albert Camus |
Posted By: Chris H
Date Posted: January 23 2007 at 17:40
Well 'scuse me  ------------- Beauty will save the world.
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Posted By: moreitsythanyou
Date Posted: January 23 2007 at 18:30
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Yorktown Heights, NY
Apparently named after the battle of Yorktown that helped end the American Revolutionary War...and the town is higher I guess (I know it is in other ways  )-------------  <font color=white>butts, lol[/COLOR] |
Posted By: Angelo
Date Posted: January 24 2007 at 16:19
Nice - reminds me of the Swiss town called 'Kloten', which is a less polite Dutch term for your balls. Can you imagine getting a holiday card saying 'Greetings from great Kloten'?  ------------- http://www.iskcrocks.com" rel="nofollow - ISKC Rock Radio I stopped blogging and reviewing - so won't be handling requests. Promo's for ariplay can be sent to [email protected] |
Posted By: Chicapah
Date Posted: January 24 2007 at 16:29
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I live in a small town called Forney. You can just imagine the puns related to that name. And, no, the high school teams are not referred to as "Cators." ------------- "Literature is well enough, as a time-passer, and for the improvement and general elevation and purification of mankind, but it has no practical value" - Mark Twain |
Posted By: progismylife
Date Posted: January 24 2007 at 16:32
Do you get a lot of Good Cajun food from there? You know Forney Cajun food? |
Posted By: Frasse
Date Posted: January 24 2007 at 16:47
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I was born and raised in the city of Sundsvall. Named so because it was built on a pasture (vall) owned by a farmer named Sund. During the late 19th century it was one of Swedens richest cities due to it's wood industry. The city centre is filled with beautiful architecture from that time.
Bands from Sundsvall listed at PA: Garmarna and Book of Hours. (Not that sure about the last one being from Sundsvall though.)
Nowadays I'm living in Karlskrona. The name translates to Karl's Crown.
The city was founded in the late 17th century by the king Karl XI as Swedens main naval port. Today it's one of the world's best preserved military ports of that era and therefore a World heritage, as listed by UNESCO. The port is still in use by the military but more and more is taken over by the civilian society.
As far as I know, there's no Prog band from Karlskrona.
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Posted By: markosherrera
Date Posted: January 24 2007 at 17:37
| I live in Maracay,...Mara was the name of cacique or leader of a tribu of indians ,but cay ...I dont know...may be house or dominion etc |
Posted By: Australian
Date Posted: January 24 2007 at 18:02
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I live in Melbourne which the English bought off the Aboriginals in the area for a few axes and other related tools. It soon because the center of gold trading during the gold rush. It is now the second most populous city in Australia with around 3.7 million people. ------------- 
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Posted By: markosherrera
Date Posted: January 24 2007 at 18:15
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Posted By: markosherrera
Date Posted: June 23 2007 at 19:31
| Playa seca,....that means Dry Beach..and Punto Fijo that mean Fix point |
Posted By: Draconean
Date Posted: June 24 2007 at 03:07
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Once, when I was on a holiday in South Africa, we went past a town called "Hotazel".
It was lying in a desert and the thing that struck me the most was that is was really hot as hell over there! ------------- I'm running still, I shall until, one day I hope that I'll arrive |
Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: June 24 2007 at 03:14
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Fort Wayne -- named after http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_Anthony_Wayne - Gen. "Mad" Anthony Wayne . The United States Army built this last in a series of forts near the community of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kekionga - Kekionga , the largest of all http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami_tribe - Miami villages, which is located where the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Joseph_River_%28Maumee_River%29 - St. Joseph River and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Marys_River_%28Indiana%29 - St. Marys River join to form the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maumee_River - Maumee River . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Wayne#_note-1 - [2]
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