Wikipedia:Unusual place names



This page is meant for Wikipedians to list articles about places with unusual names.

Short and medium-length names
Long place names are in the next section.

Long place names

 * Gorsafawddacha'idraigodanheddogleddollônpenrhynareurdraethceredigion
 * Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg: This fourteen-syllable Massachusetts lake's name is the longest place name in the United States, and 6th longest in the world — when the last six syllables aren't used by themselves, as is usually seen on maps of its area.
 * Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch: The longest officially recognised place name in the United Kingdom. It is found in Wales on the Isle of Anglesey, and is situated near the A5.
 * El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles de Porciúncula: The original name of Los Angeles. The name means "The Town of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels of Porziuncola".
 * Catedral Basílica Menor de la Inmaculada Concepción de la Arquidiócesis metropolitana de la comunidad de Victoria de Durango: The complete name of the Cathedral found in Durango, Mexico it means "Minor Basilica Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of the metropolitan Archdiocese of the Victoria de Durango's Community".
 * Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu: A small hill with a big name in New Zealand.
 * Tweebuffelsmeteenskootmorsdoodgeskietfontein: A farm about 200 km west of Pretoria, South Africa. Means "two-buffalos-shot-dead-with-one-bullet-fountain".
 * Krungthep Mahanakhon Amonrattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilokphop Noppharatratchathani Burirom-udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amonphiman Awatansathit Sakkathattiya Witsanu Kamprasit: It is Bangkok's full ceremonial name and translates as City of angels, great city of immortals, magnificent city of the nine gems, seat of the king, city of royal palaces, home of gods incarnate, erected by Visvakarman at Indra's behest. The name is even listed in Guinness World Records as the world's longest place name.
 * Thiruvananthapuram: Translates to English from Malayalam to "City of Lord Anantha". The name is so hard to say in English, it is usually called "Trivandrum".
 * Gasselterboerveenschemond: Longest placename in The Netherlands. The name plate hardly fits in the village.
 * Hódmezővásárhely: Not a very long name, but long enough to take a long time to type.

English

 * Assling
 * Ballplay
 * Bitch Creek
 * Bitche
 * Bitchfield
 * Cockerham
 * Cockermouth
 * Cockfield
 * Cockfield
 * Cockfosters
 * Cockney
 * Cockshoot Broad
 * Cockwood
 * Cumbria
 * Cum-bum
 * Cumming
 * Cummington
 * Dickleburgh
 * Dildo
 * Fart Gulch - At Lassen Volcanic National Park, named after the smell from nearby hot springs
 * Farthinghoe
 * Fingringhoe (Fingering hoe)
 * Fucking
 * Fuckersberg
 * Fuckovci
 * Gaylord
 * Horní Police
 * Intercourse
 * Iron Knob
 * Jizzakh
 * Knob Hill
 * Knob Hill
 * Knob Hill
 * Knob Hill
 * Lake Titicaca
 * Nedumbassery
 * Nipissing
 * Nob (Knob) Hill
 * Nob (Knob) Hill
 * Nob (Knob) Hill
 * Nob (Knob) Hill
 * Nob (Knob) Hill - an unincorporated community in Virginia
 * Oshita - when spelled with romaji, a "silent i" occurs, meaning the actual Japanese pronunciation would sound more like.
 * Paturda
 * Penistone
 * Plymouth Hoe
 * Pussy
 * Prickwillow
 * Sandy Balls
 * Scunthorpe
 * Shag Point
 * Shit
 * Shit
 * Shit
 * Shitterton
 * Slutsk
 * Spunk Creek
 * Thong
 * Tillicum ('Til I cum) Beach (Bitch)
 * Toppenish
 * Twatt
 * Twatt
 * Wank
 * Wankers Corner
 * Wankhed
 * Wankede Stadium
 * Wyre Piddle

Bosnian

 * Gnojnice, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Cantonese

 * Kau Shi Wai (狗屎圍; "狗屎" (kau shi) means "dog shit" not "cow shit")
 * Kwai Tau Leng (龜頭嶺；literally "penis head mountain")
 * Ma Shi Chau Special Area(馬屎洲, horse shit island)
 * Ham Lun Kok (含倫角; Oral Sex Corner)

Croatian

 * The islands of Babina Guzica ("grandmother's ass") and Kurba Vela (something to do with prostitution) in the Kornati archipelago, Croatia
 * Špičkovina, Croatia

Czech

 * Šukačka (Fucking)

Finnish

 * Hevonperse (Horse Ass)
 * Hevonperseenmäki (Horse's Ass Hill)
 * Hevonperseenmutka (Horse's Ass Bend)
 * Homonlampi (Gay Pond; "gay" isn't really a bad word but still)
 * Homosaari (Gay Island)
 * Horonkylä (Whore’s village)
 * Kusipää (Cunt)
 * Mulkkusaari (Dick Island)
 * Mulkkuset (Dicks)
 * Mulkkuvuori (Dick Mountain)
 * Neekerisaari (Nigger Island)
 * Pallinsaari (Balls' Island)
 * Pallipuro (Ball Brook)
 * Pallisilmä (Ball Eye)
 * Pallivaha (Ball Wax)
 * Paskalampi (Shit Pond)
 * Peräpukama (Haemorrhoid)
 * Perseenpaistama (Ass Fried)
 * Persesilmänlammit (Ass Eye Ponds)
 * Persesilmänlampi (Ass Eye Pond)
 * Pervonkallio (Pervert's Rock)
 * Pervonmaa (Pervert's Land)
 * Pervonoja (Pervert's Ditch)
 * Pillulampi (Pussy Pond)
 * Pimppiniemi (Cape Pussy)
 * Pissisaari (Piss Island)
 * Pornainen (Name of a municipality, not technically a rude word in itself, but may be interpreted as incomplete finnish ”porno” and ”nainen” (woman). Has created issues with web blockers.)
 * Runkausjoki (Wanking River)
 * Runkausvaara (Wanking Hill)
 * Runkunneva (Wank Neva)
 * Terskanlahti (Glan's Stern)
 * Terskanperä (Glan's Bay)
 * Tissi (Tit)
 * Tissikukkulat (Tit Hills)
 * Tissinpohja (Tit Base)
 * Tussusaari (Cunt Island)
 * Tussut (Cunts)
 * Vittulampi (Pussy Pond)

French

 * Chatte (Pussy)
 * Conne-de-Labarde (Bitch of Labarde)

German

 * Arschlochwinkel (Asshole Corner)
 * Blasendorf (Suckthorp) ["Blasen" also means "bubbles", which is likely the original meaning]
 * Busenhausen (Bossom Dwelling)
 * Eichelhardt (Glans hard) ["Eichel" also means "acorn", which is likely the original meaning]
 * Feucht (Wet)
 * Fickmühlen (Fuck Mills)
 * Geilhausen (Horny Dwelling)
 * Hodenhagen (Testicle[s] Forest)
 * Loch (Hole)
 * Luderbach (Hoebrook)
 * Möse (Chute)
 * Petting, just that
 * Pinkler (Pee-er)
 * Pissen (Peeing)
 * Scheideweg (Vagina Way)
 * Schweinsberg (Swine‘s Hill) and many other place names containing Schwein
 * Sexau (Sex Vale)
 * Tuntenhausen (Faggott’s Dwelling)
 * Tittenkofen (Tits Ridge)
 * Wixhausen (Wank Dwelling)
 * Wixenstein (Wankingstone)

Italian

 * Bastardo (Bastard)
 * Troia (Slut)

Japanese

 * Manko (Lake Man)

Norwegian

 * Faenshølet (The goddamn hole)
 * Kjerringræva (Old hag's arsehole)
 * Møkkalasset (The shitheap) There's multiple instances of this being used to denote a small, dark pile of rocks
 * Rompeporten (The rump-gate)
 * Spermbanken (the sperm bank) Here, bank probably refers to a gathering of water but whatevs
 * Svenskehølet (The swede pit)
 * Runken (That masturbation)

Polish

 * Białykał (White Faeces)
 * Męcikał (Muddy Feces)

Romanian

 * Boș (Balls)

Swedish

 * Fittja (Pussy; "fitta" means "pussy"/"cunt")
 * Mensträsk (Menstruation Lake or Period Swamp)
 * Porrarp (Porn Arp)
 * Rövhålet (The Asshole)

Only unusual in context

 * Only five municipalities in the United States have the Spanish "ñ" in their names: Cañon City, Colorado; La Cañada Flintridge, California; Española, New Mexico; Peñasco, New Mexico; and Peñitas, Texas.

Streets and bridges

 *  Atmospheric Road - A road in Dalkey, County Dublin, Ireland, whose name is derived from the Dalkey Atmospheric Railway, which had a pumphouse here.
 * Avenue Road - Is this thoroughfare in Toronto an avenue or is it a road? (There are over 30 streets in the London (England) area with the same name.)
 * Butt Hole Road - The former name of a road in Conisbrough, Doncaster, England. It was changed to Archers Way in 2009.
 * Curly Dick Road, Meadow Flat, New South Wales
 * Dumb Woman's Lane - A road in Udimore in East Sussex, England.
 * Flesh Hovel Lane - A road in Barrow Upon Soar, Leicestershire, England. Its name originates from the time of the Quorn Hunt, where horses that were no longer fit for purpose where taken to slaughter at the abattoir situated on Flesh Hovel Lane.
 * Paska-Avenue - (lit. shit avenue) A road in Karstula, Finland. Named due to outrage of local residents about the construction of a sewage treatment plant.
 * Ragged Ass Road - A street in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada.
 * Rednaxela Terrace - A road whose name is believed to have been reversed due to a clerical error.
 * Rest and Be Thankful - Another name for the A83 road in Scotland.
 * Shades of Death Road - Located in central Warren County, New Jersey, its name has given rise to many local legends about ghosts and other paranormal activity along the road, many of which have been documented in Weird NJ magazine.
 * This Street, That Street and The Other Street - three unusually named streets in Porters Lake, Nova Scotia that became an internet sensation