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670: 33: 141: 686: 82: 482:, was left unchanged. The change was globally reported, though since its founding in 1949, the original name was not a problem within Japan. However, with the dramatic globalization of Japanese universities in recent decades, including the presence of hundreds of foreign students, staff, faculty, and visiting scholars on campus, the leadership of the university made the change in 2016, after deciding to do so in 2014. 917: 44: 647: 402:; in September 2017 the Queensland government stated that a new name would be chosen for the island, although a new name was never selected and the island remains officially unnamed. In 2016, New Zealand renamed three locations which were found to be offensive: Niggerhead, Nigger Hill, and Nigger Stream became Tawhai Hill, Kanuka Hills, and Pukio Stream respectively. 311: 706:("The church of Mary (Llanfair) pool (pwll) of the white hazels (gwyn gyll) near (go ger) the fierce whirlpool (y chwyrn drobwll) the church of Tysilio (Llantysilio) of the red cave") in the 1860s for publicity reasons. At 58 letters, it has the longest place name in the UK. The body of fresh water in 216:
community Oberstinkenbrunn ("Lower Stinking Well" and "Upper Stinking Well", respectively) can also be considered offensive by residents. In the Czech Republic, there are villages called Šukačka ("Fucking") and Onen Svět ("The Other World"), which are located 2 kilometres from each other. In Hong
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decided to keep the name as it had existed for 800 years, and further stated that "everyone here knows what it means in English, but for us Fucking is Fucking – and it's going to stay Fucking." In November 2020, the council of Tarsdorf voted to have the village's name officially changed to
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to replace each stolen sign, and the costs were reflected in the taxes that local residents paid. In 2004, owing mainly to the stolen signs, a vote was held on changing the village's name, but the residents voted against doing so. Tarsdorf municipality's mayor Siegfried Höppl stated that it was
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may often have been considered merely vulgar, having been in common use in its anatomical sense since at least the 13th century. Its steady disappearance from the English vernacular may have been the result of a gradual cleaning-up of the name; Gropecunt Lane in 13th-century
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names, and names derived from unusual sources are often seen as unusual, especially by people outside the culture which named them. The Welsh village of Llanfairpwllgwyngyll changed its name to the longer
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45-letter/fourteen-syllable name Lake Chargoggagoggmanch­auggagoggchaubunagungamaugg is usually shortened, for instance on road maps, to using only the final six syllables from its "long form"; as
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Kong, place names containing the words "shi" (屎 – shit) and "niu" (尿 – piss) are common, and there are a number of place names actually containing profanities along the coast such as Gau Tau (lit.
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And the village of Effingham, Surrey, England, which shares its name with a railway junction, a hundred (ancient administrative district), and the famous admiral Lord Howard of Effingham
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to place at the entrance to Shitterton, carved with the hamlet's name, to prevent theft. A truck and crane were hired by volunteers to put the stone in place at a total cost of £680.
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There are a number of place names that seem unusual to English speakers because they do not conform to standard English orthography rules. Examples are the Welsh villages of
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but erroneously written right-to-left (the normal practice for writing Chinese in the past); the name has stayed and even been transcribed back to Chinese phonetically.
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Exit sign of Bösgesäß ("Bad-Ass") with the reference to Böß-Gesäß ("Hessian-Bösgesäß") one kilometer away. The two districts are only about 150 meters apart.
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was based on Waters. Now a sparsely populated and no longer incorporated community, Pine Ridge is home to a Lum and Abner museum.
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Conversely, a number of place names can be considered humorous or offensive by their inhabitants, such as the Italian town of
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Conversely, there are several settlements whose name consists of only one letter. A number of Norwegian towns are named
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names. These names often have an unintended effect or double-meaning when read by someone who speaks another language.
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Webster, Massachusetts firefighter's patch with the longest version of "Webster Lake's" name on its circumference
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franchise. The city was once again renamed ToPikachu for one day, October 27, 2018 for the launch of
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whereby the town's residents (roughly 200) would get free satellite TV service from the company.
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Unusual names may also be created as a result of error by the naming authority. An example is
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A number of settlements have names that are offensive or humorous in other languages, such as
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being the Old English word for "grope") was renamed Grope Lane and is now called Grape Lane.
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which in English has a provocative meaning). The Japanese-language name of the university,
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offered 20 computers, as well as $ 110,000 for the school, and other financial subsidies.
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promised free publicity to any town willing to change its name to that of the show.
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Some place names are deemed to be offensive or unacceptable, often through historic
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In August 1998, Topeka was renamed ToPikachu for the North American launch of
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became Grope Lane, and then in the 19th century, Grove Lane. In the city of
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As a result of increased notoriety, road signs were commonly stolen in
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Llanfairpwllgwyngyll­gogerychwyrndrobwllllanty­siliogogogoch
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In 1997, the town of Gay Head in Massachusetts changed its name to
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in the dialect spoken in the region), effective 1 January 2021.
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An example of this would be the once common English street name
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when his widow agreed to allow his remains to be buried there.
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A few place names in the United States and Canada historically
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List of names in English with counterintuitive pronunciations
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in Sweden, where the name can be associated with the word "
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Maphead: Charting the Wide, Weird World of Geography Wonks
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and "Rövhålet" ("Asshole"). The Austrian municipality
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CNN news, Odd town names strike author's fancy (1998)
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Large stone road sign, installed to deter theft, in
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to ply their trade. During the Middle Ages the word
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considered unusual can include those which are also
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The Netherlands has 445:Sometimes settlement names are changed as a 183: 182:, leather trousers), Neger ("Negro"), Plöd ( 105:(renamed to Fugging in 2021) in Austria, or 89:launched a satirical candidacy for Mayor of 1905:, The Design Observer Group, archived from 1873:Carpenter, Cindy; Fletcher, Sherry (2010). 1044:, which was dropped in English orthography. 673:The railway station sign in the village of 2407: 2405: 2148:"Language in French Polynesia | Frommer's" 1988:"Topeka 'renames' itself 'Google, Kansas'" 1083: 1081: 1079: 200:swamp"), "Fittja" ("Fitta" translates to " 77:Profane, humorous and highly charged words 2413:"Sign Of The Times: Shitterton Hits Back" 2109:Eckler, Albert Ross (1969). "Word Ways". 1899:"What Ever Happened to Half.com, Oregon?" 1773:"Board renames Squaw Peak after Piestewa" 1567:"Why the swastika can't be rehabilitated" 1565:McIntyre, Catherine (15 September 2017). 1161:"Town gets anal over ad mocking its name" 746:, meaning small river. 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Index

List of unusual place names

Fucking, Austria

Hell, Norway
hillside sign
Place names
offensive words
short
long

Jimmy Kimmel
Dildo
Rottenegg
Fucking
Fjuckby
fuck
German
Bristol
Fucking Grove
Condom
condoms
A german city sign of "Bößgesäß", with the reference to Böß-Gesäß, one kilometer away.
Bastardo
Troia
pig
Troy
Kingdom of Heaven
Höllental
Mindelheim

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