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NathanThreads: 33
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Joined: Feb 13, 09 ♂ 		 Jul 12, 11, 22:02    #1
I enjoy spotting the names of the places with some obvious unique meaning:

Zielona Góra (Poland) - "Green Mountain", Przylep - "Sticker"
Moose Jaw (Canada)
Salzburg (Austria) - "Salt Castle"
Kryvyj Rih (Ukraine) - "Crooked Horn", Zymna Woda - "Cold Water"
Moulins (France) - "Mills"
Piedras Negras (Mexico) - "Black Stones"

Do you know of others? At the end we will organize the voting for 3 the most unique.
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Joined: Dec 25, 07 ♂ 		 Jul 12, 11, 22:05    #2
Nagikutas in Hungary is quite funny. Let's try to keep this more about Polish ones.

Nowa Huta is strange. It means New Foundry.
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go to hel everyone.

kwidzyn. comes out like 'quids in'
Lyzko  Jul 12, 11, 22:14    #4
Brilliant, Wrocław! Hell, Michigan I presume-:)

Or how about Suddenly, California LOL
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pity me
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Hel is on the peninsula in the north of Poland
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Puck--on the peninsula
Dildo Newfoundland- seriously.
Brodno- suburb of Warsaw--doesn't this mean "dirty"
Napanee -where Avril Lavigne is from
Lyzko  Jul 12, 11, 23:42    #8
Oh, is the spelling 'Hel' or 'Chełm'? I'm only familiar with the latter-:)
Lyzko  Jul 12, 11, 23:44    #9
Oh yes, and of course leave us not forget ****, Austria LOL
And the name for an inhabitant? You got it.
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I haven't found it on any Polish map but long ago I found Hujsko in Przemyśl area in an old Czech auto-atlas


edit: seems they have changed the name some time ago
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All in Newfoundland Canada:

Heart's Content
Heart's Desire
Heart's Delight

Wawa (Ontario, Canada) and Walla Walla (State of Washingtonm, USA)
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The Bungle Bungle mountains in Australia,doubly funny if you remember rainbow.......
Kock in Poland,for obvious reasons...
Lyzko  Jul 13, 11, 01:59    #13
'Kock in Poland..'

Yes, of only when written, not pronounced, K - O - T - S- K

-:))))
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Lyzko:
Oh, is the spelling 'Hel' or 'Chełm'? I'm only familiar with the latter-:)


Two different places....

Hel is on the Baltic coast...
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Joined: Feb 13, 09 ♂ 		 Jul 13, 11, 02:36    #15
I haven't thought that a thread can be spoiled by a few five-year olds. The title clearly says
Nathan:
the places with some obvious unique meaning

Does Wawa, Brodno (doesn't mean "dirty", maybe "brudno" does), Napanee have an obvious meaning? Are the gray cells such a rarity nowadays that we have to dig **** in Austria which for Austrians has no corresponding meaning? Or Polish Puck is not a hockey puck and as far as I am aware has no obvious, direct meaning in Polish.
So, if a penis is taken out of imagination the thread will end up without posts? Do you dream of d*icks whenever geography or other subjects come to mind? The most amazing is the guys are the ones with c*ck-obsessions.
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Medicine Hat in Alberta, Canada.

I was always partial to Pcim in Poland, just sounds silly :)
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noses point (uk)
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Most if not all areas in the England that end in bury such as Glastonbury and Canterbury were named so for having large burial grounds.
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Nathan:
The title clearly says


Unique names of cities/town/villages in Poland and elsewhere
NathanThreads: 33
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ShawnH:
Unique names of cities/town/villages in Poland and elsewhere

Yes!!! With obvious meaning!!!
modafinil:
were named so for having large burial grounds.

Very interesting.

Another one:
Königsbrunn (Germany) - "King's Well"
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Nathan:
Yes!!! With obvious meaning!!!

Well it would be obvious if you were of Native American descent! Walla Walla translates as Place of Many Waters!

Wawa can be translated as Wild Goose in Ojibway..
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ShawnH:
Well it would be obvious if you were of Native American descent! Walla Walla translates as Place of Many Waters!
Wawa can be translated as Wild Goose in Ojibway..


Where was this information in your post below?
ShawnH:
Wawa (Ontario, Canada) and Walla Walla (State of Washingtonm, USA)


As you can see in my original post all the names are explained as to what they mean. How is one supposed to know the meaning if you just post the name in Native American language providing no explanation?
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Biała Ameryka-White America in Poland
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Nathan:
Where was this information in your post below?

It wasn't.

Nathan:
As you can see in my original post all the names are explained as to what they mean. How is one supposed to know the meaning if you just post the name in Native American language providing no explanation?

You are right. Please forgive me.
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Nathan:
Unique names of cities


I don't know if I would like to live in Intercourse, Pennsylvania!

A sincere thanks PF, for putting up with me FIVE terrific years, muah!
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Joined: Jul 2, 09 ♂ 		 Jul 13, 11, 05:12    #26
It could be worse. You could live by Big Bone Lick State Park in Kentucky. It is just south of Beaver Road.
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I have been to "Nowhere", its in Arizona. near Prescott.
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there is a small village Chotel in Pińczów area - it is pronounced exactly as 'hotel' in Polish - but still you don't say 'w Chotelu', 'do Chotelu' as in 'w hotelu, do hotelu' but 'w Chotlu', 'do Chotla'
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Joined: Apr 13, 11 ♂ 		 Jul 13, 11, 09:32    #29
Nathan:
Brodno (doesn't mean "dirty", maybe "brudno" does),

Exactly. It is not Brudno, but Brodno. It has the same root as Brodnica, both place names stemming from a word "bród" - "a river ford".
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wola, in latin "libera villa" or "libertas" - a settlement established under a foundation of "wolnizna", which means that its settlers could use the land for some number of years free of charge. Depending on the conditions in the area being settled "wolnizna" could take up to 20 years. During that time the settlers had to be built cottages, often the church, and - above all - clear the assigned area, or dry it up, so it will be suitable for agriculture.

There are 10 villages "Wola" in Poland. But there are also about 100 place names or so, with an adjective preceding or following the name "wola", such as "Żelazowa Wola" - a birthplace of Frederic Chopin. The adjective usually indicates an owner of the settlement, or a name of original village where the settlers came from - such as "Zduńska Wola" (from Zduny) - but it may also mean something else.

Among many interesting "wola" names there are:
Boża Wola
Kotowa Wola
Kozia Wola
Wola Węgierska
Żabia Wola
Check the wikipedia: http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wola

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