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Unusual place names

Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2021 8:46 am
by wjfox
Post 'em here. :D

I'll start:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foulness_Island

Found this while searching for properties to buy in southeast England.


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Re: Unusual place names

Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2021 8:42 am
by wjfox

Re: Unusual place names

Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2021 6:45 pm
by Yuli Ban
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Fugging, Upper Austria

The cowards changed their name
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Re: Unusual place names

Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2021 6:52 pm
by Lurking
Yuli Ban wrote: Thu Aug 12, 2021 6:45 pm
I guess they don't like tourists

Re: Unusual place names

Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2021 11:43 am
by wjfox

Re: Unusual place names

Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2022 8:35 pm
by wjfox

Re: Unusual place names

Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2022 5:03 pm
by Time_Traveller
Don't forget Intercourse, Pennsylvania

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Re: Unusual place names

Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2022 1:30 am
by citali_
Boring, Oregon. A city in the state of Oregon.

Re: Unusual place names

Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2023 2:56 pm
by wjfox

Re: Unusual place names

Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2023 4:45 pm
by Nanotechandmorefuture
wjfox wrote: Fri Apr 14, 2023 2:56 pm
Oh shit! Its the Aurora Colorado mass shooter lol! Guess the US government terrorizing people for no reason is profitable as usual he now does comedy in the UK.

Re: Unusual place names

Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2024 5:06 pm
by wjfox

Re: Unusual place names

Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2024 1:30 pm
by wjfox
wjfox: How did Braintree in Essex get its name?

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Braintree in Essex likely derives its name from an Old English or Saxon origin. The first part of the name, "Brain," might be from the word branoc, meaning "hill" or "slope." Alternatively, it could be from a personal name. The second part, "tree," is thought to have evolved from treow in Old English, meaning a "tree" or "wood." Another theory suggests that tree might come from the word trea, meaning "settlement" or "farmstead."

Therefore, Braintree could have originally meant "settlement on a hill" or "Branoc’s farmstead." The town was first recorded as Branchetreu in the Domesday Book of 1086, confirming its long-standing history.

Re: Unusual place names

Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2025 3:00 pm
by wjfox