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In many countries around the world, the name of a city is often not a simple word. Most often, the name of a city means something connected with it - the river or sea on the banks of which it is located or some symbol of the city. But sometimes the names of cities are entire phrases that have a mysterious and mysterious meaning. And it doesn’t matter how famous the city is and what exactly it became famous for to the majority - it’s not for nothing that many religions attach special meaning to the name. By learning the meaning of city names, you can discover something more than what appears on the streets. An article about cities with the most beautiful and interesting names– excellent educational material that can diversify the horizons of many experienced travelers. If a person managed to visit these cities, he can compare personal impressions with the meaning of the names; if not, it’s time to check whether the city corresponds to the meaning of its name.

Pattaya – “the wind that comes before the rainy season”

Pattaya is one of the largest and most famous cities Thailand, ranking high on many lists of Thai resorts. Often a visit to Pattaya seems even more interesting and desirable than a visit to Bangkok - main city Thailand and the capital of the country. This attractiveness of Pattaya is due to the fact that the Thai authorities have done everything to turn the city into a real paradise for tourists. Travel agencies all over the world you never have to rack your brains over drawing up a Pattaya tourist program for clients - there is simply a huge amount of entertainment and all kinds of interesting leisure activities. Crocodile farms, elephant pastures, a huge aquarium with a bunch of different shows for tourists, a huge botanical garden with a magnificent park of tropical orchids...

A huge number of restaurants and cafes, where cuisines from all over the world are presented, and a park of replicas of famous attractions are noteworthy. The vaults of the Temple of Doom proudly rise above the heads of those walking along South Street, and the cozy sandy beach The Gulf of Thailand should soon be adorned with the image of the majestic Temple of Truth. In Pattaya, the wind that comes before the start of the rainy season is probably the wind of the masses of tourists, a single gust of their breath and the hubbub of noisy streets, which subsides only during the heaviest tropical downpours.

Antananarivo – “the city of a thousand warriors”

The capital of hot and sunny Madagascar can easily be called the main center of life on the island. Antananarivo is located on the slopes of hills, densely dotted with rows of descending terraces, and on the tops are palaces with shining gold roofs. Life is also in full swing in the fog-shrouded lower reaches of the hills - it seems that the ever-moving stream of tourists does not allow Antananarivo to stand still for a moment. Visitors are delighted by the beautifully preserved buildings of past centuries; the hubbub of human voices never ceases on the noisy streets. A true showcase of local culture are the unforgettable performances of the best artists of Hira Gasi, the most famous local theater. Antinanarivo is called the city of thousands of warriors, but there is little that reminds us of past battles.

Tegucigalpa - "silver hills"

On the gentle slopes of the Choltec River valley is Tegucigalpa, the main city of sultry tropical Honduras, the main economic and cultural center countries with a difficult history. On sunny streets Tegucigalpa is full of life - among all the expanses of Central America there are only two cities larger than the capital Honduras. One of the main features of the city is its division into a flat and more mountainous part. The average altitude of the capital of Honduras is about 1000 meters above sea level - which is why the crowded city has surprisingly fresh air and a fairly mild climate, sometimes interrupted by periods of terrible heat, during which only blowing mountain winds and the remnants of once huge coniferous forests save you.

Clermont-Ferrand - City of extinct volcanoes

Thousands of years ago, in the south of France, a huge volcano rose, proudly crowning the Wolverhampton mountain range. But many hundreds of years have passed since the eruption of the lava giant, and the slopes of the giant are overgrown with forests, among which Clermont-Ferrand is hidden - a truly special city with a population of almost 140 thousand inhabitants. The ancient architectural heritage of this city is represented by a huge number of residential buildings and church buildings, designed in the incompleteness of the exquisite early Gothic style. There is something invisible and special in the appearance of the city - it is thanks to it that all these objects look surprisingly harmonious even today, enlivening completely standard urban landscapes. Clermont-Ferrand can also be called a student city - there are several large universities here, which attract many residents from all over the area and hundreds of foreigners to study. Every year the center cultural life the city becomes International festival short films, with screenings of which many successful French directors started.

Aguascalientes - “hot waters”

Center of the same name mexican state got its name thanks to a huge number hot springs nearby. In general, Aguascalientes embodies all the main Mexican traditions - after the sultry, emotional local bullfight, people here take to the calm streets, as if shrouded in a foggy veil of provincialism. In addition, the state capital is major centers trade and industry. This is due to the fact that the state is located large number high-tech industries that are actively gaining momentum in dynamically developing Mexico. But tourists are most attracted by the contract of truly modern life with the provincial comfort of narrow streets and quiet suburbs where small farms flourish. Having become truly modern, Aguascalientes has managed to preserve the charming simplicity of bygone times.

Reykjavik - "Smoking Bay"

The capital of small and peaceful Iceland has been living a calm and serene life for many years. Hot water of volcanic origin circulates through the city's communications, heating all ordinary buildings and even greenhouses on farmland. Reykjavik looks like a city that was built not by people, but by nature itself - the image of the urban landscapes of the capital of Iceland is so harmonious, calm and natural. Nature itself warms Reykjavik, and its streets are filled with an atmosphere of peace and tranquility.

Southampton is a beautiful port on the south coast of Great Britain

The picturesque buildings of Southampton rise on the gently sloping shores of the Solent. Only 55 thousand people live here, but from time to time this number can double - the local nature and the unique atmosphere of the ancient narrow streets that have absorbed English traditions are so attractive. The center of the city is a long canal through which all ships from Atlantic Ocean. The city's ports are equipped with the largest shipbuilding docks, from which many majestic ships launched, including the legendary Titanic.

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UNUSUAL
GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES

Funny and weird

Name A They simultaneously have rivers in the Netherlands, Germany, places on the Lofot Islands of Norway, as well as in France, Denmark and Sweden.

There are also two small towns with the name AND- one is located in the north of France, and the other on the west coast of Finland.

There is also a village in France ABOUT, however, this is how it is read, although it is written not with one, but with four letters: Nauh.

Towns Yu located in France and Sweden.

E- this is the name of a town in Belgium and one of the ports of Burma.

In the Caroline Islands Pacific Ocean you can visit a town called U. The left tributary has a similar name great river Southeast Asia Mekong, in the Lao Republic and a city in South Korea.

Dad- a city in Hungary.

Tyatya(old Russian "father") is a volcano on the Kuril Island Iturup.

Mother- city and river, left tributary of the Vitim River in the Irkutsk region of Russia. By the way, the sources of this river are called Right Mama and Left Mama.

Daughter- a river in the Bryansk region, a tributary of the Desna, and a river in the Moscow region.

Woman- cape in the west of the Asia Minor peninsula (Türkiye). Has the same name mountain range in the Hindu Kush system of Afghanistan. By the way, “Baba” means “Father” in Arabic.

Grandmothers- a village in the Zhytomyr region of Ukraine.

Great Grandmother- also in Ukraine - a tributary of the Seversky Donets and a village of the same name in the Kharkov region. Babka is a river in the Perm region of Russia and a city in the west of the island New Guinea.

Dedovsk- a village in the Moscow region.

Sister- rivers in Moskovskaya and Leningrad regions.

Brothers- islands off the southern coast of the Republic of Vietnam.

Vnukovo- a village near Moscow.

Husbands- a village on the Ob River in Siberia and a left tributary of the Tagus River in Portugal.

Godfather- a river in Turkey. Kuma is a river in the North Caucasus and a city in the Australian state of Victoria.

Cousin- island in the group Seychelles in the Indian Ocean.

Matchmaker- a river in Eastern Slovakia and Pakistan.

Twins- a village in the Kharkov region of Ukraine.

Stepmother- a village in the Volgograd region.

Relatives- village in Kaliningrad region Russia.

Village Neighbor located in the Penza region.

River Boy flows through the Magadan and Kamchatka regions of the Far East.

Village Maid located in the Voronezh region of Russia.

City Virgo- in Western Romania.

A tributary of the Abakan River in the Krasnoyarsk Territory is called She, and the village on the Rioni River in Georgia is called They.

In the state of Massachusetts (USA) there is a small lake, the name of which is not easy to pronounce without stopping, because it consists of 42 letters, and in English transcription it is even longer (44 letters). Judge for yourself: Chargoggagogg. Translated from the local Indian language, this abracadabra means: “I will fish on this side, you will fish on that side, and in the middle no one catches anything.” Thus, the name of the lake records an agreement between two Indian tribes that once lived on its shores.

The long name is associated with one of the villages North Island New Zealand: Taumatavkakapikiahu(83 letters!). Translated from the local Maori language, it means: "The place where Tamatea, the man with long shins, the famous mountain eater who moved mountains, climbed them and swallowed them, played the flute for his beloved."

The longest among the Gulliver names is the name of the capital located in Southeast Asia of the Republic of Thailand - Bangkok. Translated, it sounds like this: “Place of the Wild Plum,” but the full local name has as many as 147 (!) letters and means: “ Great city angels, the highest repository of divine treasures, great land, which cannot be conquered, a great and prosperous kingdom, the magnificent and wonderful capital of the nine gems, the place where the greatest rulers live and is located big palace, the home of gods who can transform into spirits." It is this geographical name that is registered in the Guinness Book of Records as the longest in the world.

River Volga, in addition to the well-known one, flows in the state of Iowa (USA). The right tributary of the Mississippi has the same name. The city of the same name is located on the banks of the American Volga.

River Don flows in Scotland, in the north of the island of Great Britain, and the famous tributary of the Volga Oka has a “namesake” - a large tributary of the Angara in Eastern Siberia.

City Moscow located in the Vyatka region of Russia.

You can get to Russia from Berlin V Paris without leaving the territory of the Chelyabinsk region. Is here also Leipzig, Varna and other cities. All these, usually small, cities received their names in honor of the outstanding victories of the Russian army in the Patriotic War of 1812.

IN Odessa region Ukraine has railway stations Borodino, Leipzig, Paris and others. Village Paris is also located in the Krasnokutsky district of the Kharkov region.

In the Fergana region of Uzbekistan there is a village with a great name Baghdad, in the Aktobe region of Kazakhstan - railway station Cairo, in Moldova - railway station - Sofia, in Latvia and the Yekaterinburg region of Russia - towns Nice, in the Novosibirsk region - a village Shanghai, V Oryol region- village Panama, in Irkutsk - railway station Malta.

Nile- a settlement in the Amur region of Russia, Chad- railway station in the Perm region, Sahara- river in Yakutia, Africa- cape on the Kamchatka Peninsula, Victoria- a village in the Aktobe region of Kazakhstan.

Bay America- on Far East, Danube Islands- at the mouth of the great Siberian river Lena, Eldorado village- on the middle Yenisei, lake china- in the Odessa region of Ukraine.

On railway Perm - Nizhny Tagil yes Eurasia station(on the border of Europe and Asia).

An interesting road sign is located in the surrounding area American city Linchula (Maine). He indicates that from here to Peru- 90, up to Poland - 50, Denmark - 35, Norway- 25 km. All of these localities are in this state and are not countries.

There are villages in the states of Indiana, Minnesota and North Dakota Russia, Belarus And Kyiv. They were founded over 100 years ago by natives of these areas who moved to America in search of a happy life.

In the California desert there is stop station Siberia. It must be admitted that the authors of this title were humorists. After all, the hottest place in the entire Western Hemisphere is located nearby.

Located in the south of Brazil city ​​America.

In the USA there are cities such as London, Boston, Newcastle, Cambridge, Oxford, Baltimore, Bristol, Greenwich and many others whose “parents” are in Europe.

Geographical names came from France to the American continent Orleans, Nancy, Toulon, Lyon, A Paris occurs over ten times.

Found seven times on the US map Moscow and repeatedly numerous towns called Petersburg, Rome, Cairo, Athens, Odessa and others.

From Spain to Latin America"relocated" such geographical names as Barcelona, Valencia, Venice, Granada, Cordoba, Seville and others.

In Ukraine, in the Chernivtsi region there is Mamalyga village, and in Poltava - Pie.

Cockroach- the name of a small island and the city of the same name eastern shores Indonesian island of Kalimantan.

Gang- one of the seas washing the shores of the islands of Sulawes, New Guinea and Timor.

An island with an attractive name Paradise can be seen off the coast of the Republic of Vietnam.

In the Gulf of Thailand in the west of the island, New Guinea rises mountain house.

Sombrero- this is the name of the strait in Nicobar Islands Indian Ocean.

Rivers Dream And Barack flow in India.

Pech City located in Hungary, Cabinet- in Sweden, and cities with no less strange, in our opinion, names Salo located in Finland and Northern Italy.

There are towns in Italy Bank, Fortune And Mirage.

Madonna- a city in Latvia.

Duma city located in Syria.

Village Game- in Udmurtia.

Give- in Romania.

Moi River flows in Ireland, and islet Mak is in the group Hebrides off the coast of Great Britain.

Kucha city is located in Western China, Tank- in Pakistan, Tea And Chan- in Turkey, city ​​of Limon- in Guatemala.

Subject - seaport V african republic Ghana.

Marine name Squid assigned to land French city in Alsace.

On geographical map Russian Federation you will see nearby Summer And Winter shores, as well as the city Winter in Eastern Siberia.

Stump- a village in the Novosibirsk region, Miracle- in Smolenskaya, Baklushi And Turks- in Saratovskaya, Kalach- in Volgogradskaya, boot- in Ryazan, Wand- in Tomsk, Bottom- in Pskovskaya, Mud- in Lipetskaya, Cap- in Leningradskaya, Wasp- in the Perm regions, Barysh- a river in the Ulyanovsk region.

In Ukraine - Paradise in Ternopil region, Bar- in Vinnytsia, Platypus, Partying, Benefit- in Odessa, Wise heads- in Khmelnytskyi, Good afternoon- in Chernigovskaya, Brawler, Bucha And Kozhanka- in Kievskaya, Money- in Cherkasy, Happiness- in Lugansk regions.

Stomach can be found in the Grodno region of Belarus.

Note flows in Murmansk, Darkness in Tverskaya, Pair in Ryazan, Leather in Arkhangelsk and even Shish- the right tributary of the Irtysh - in the Omsk regions.

Villages are located in the Gomel region of Belarus Mars, Venus and even Capricorns. Villages with names Mars we find in the Sharansky district of the Nizhnenovgorod region of Russia and the Novoaidarsky district of the Lugansk region of Ukraine.

Cape The end of the world located on the easternmost island of the Kuril ridge, Shikotan.

Half- this is the name of a village in the Irkutsk region of Russia, halfway between Moscow and Vladivostok.

In the Far East, on the Moscow - Vladivostok railway, one of the cities is called by name and patronymic - Erofey Pavlovich.

Some geographical names reflect the shape of objects. For example, in Siberia, in Eastern Sayan There is Mount Pyramid, in the Arctic Ocean - Yugorsky and Matochkin Shary straits, in the Sea of ​​Okhotsk - Cone Island, and in the east, on the Lysyansky Peninsula, there is Cape Duga Zapadnaya. River Krivaya flows in the Republic of Macedonia and Serbia.

There are also names on the geographical map that consist of only vowels. This Wye- river in England, cities Aue(Germany), Aya("Saint" in Greece), island Eui in the Tonga archipelago in the Pacific Ocean, village Ii- in Australia, island Eiao in the group of Marquesas Islands.

But there are also names consisting of only consonants, for example Croatian island Krk in the Adriatic Sea and mountain Smrk(1204 m) in the Czech Republic.

There are geographical names starting with the letter “Y”, for example, rivers Õhne in Estonia, Yrgaity in Kyrgyzstan, Yngata in Yakutia (Right tributary of the Vilyuya), as well as villages Eundin in the Komi Republic, Uizhou in Northern and Eunsung in South Korea.

Purely Russian geographical names can be found on the world map. Villages God, Vershok, Morning- in France, Dream- in Spain, Moan- in England, Favorite- in Germany, Rich- in Hungary, Plan- an island off the coast of the Republic of Tunisia in Africa.

based on materials from the book "Entertaining Geography"

And last summer I discovered this in Nizhny Novgorod region.
and couldn't pass by.

Each of these cities is small, but unique. You might want to visit one of these unusual communities.

The city where you can't die

Longyearbyen in Norway is one of the northernmost settlements and a place where you officially cannot die. There is a cemetery here, but it has not been used for 70 years.

The reason is the extreme cold, which prevents the bodies from decomposing and makes them attractive to wild animals. People who are likely to die soon are transported to more southern parts of Norway by plane.

A city stretching across two countries

Cities that straddle two states at the same time are much more common than you might imagine, but this one is the most unusual of them all. Büsingen am Hochrhein is a German exclave in Switzerland. Economically it is part of Switzerland, administratively part of Germany.

This is the only city in this country where the Swiss franc is used as the main currency. There are two postal codes here: German and Swiss. Residents of the city call both German and Swiss numbers, and Büsingen football club is the only German club playing in the Swiss league.

The most hellish city

IN American state Michigan you can find Hell, namely a city called Hell. The origin of the name is unknown, but residents are happy to keep it to maintain the hellish image of their city.

Tourists are happy to take photos next to signs that read “Welcome to Hell,” and at the local gift shop you can buy six square centimeters of hell for $6.66.

Austrian city in China

The Chinese are known for being able to make a good copy of anything in the world, including an entire city. To be able to travel without leaving the country, they decided to create their own version of the Austrian town of Hallstatt.

First the church was built, and then streets began to surround it, which were exact copies of the original. By the way, real estate prices in Hallstatt, China, are higher than in Austria.

Last free city

Slab City is a city in California populated by homeless people, retirees, and generally people who have nowhere else to go. They live in trailers and makeshift shacks with no addresses and no running water or electricity. There are no rents, no utilities, no taxes.

This all doesn't sound very comfortable, but many people who have visited the city have reported that it is very pleasant. Local residents call their house "the last free city in America."

Cave City

Matmata in Tunisia is a city where most of the underground Berber dwellings remain inhabited.

In the seventies, above-ground houses were built here, but local residents prefer to stay in their underground dwellings. Star Wars fans will quickly realize that this place is the home of Luke Skywalker.

City under one roof

An entire city in Alaska is located in a 14-story building that was previously a large military facility. Here you will find shops, a police station, a hospital, and a church.

The purpose of this decision was to save on heating costs, since the weather here is always cold and windy. The city's population is 220 people.

The bluest city

The walls, doors and even the stairs of incredibly beautiful Chavin in Morocco are painted in different shades of blue.

According to one of the main theories, the city was painted by the Jews who lived here, since blue is a sacred color for them. The Jews left this city long ago, but the tradition remained.

Alien city

In 1947, a UFO fell near the city of Roswell. What actually fell near the city is still unknown, but Roswell has become known as "Alien City."

Themed festivals are held here, and even the local McDonald's is decorated in the appropriate style.

City on the high seas

Oil Rocks is Azerbaijani industrial city. It is located in the open sea on metal platforms above an oil field.

No one lives in this city permanently. About two thousand workers come here for several months to work in shifts.

City in the rock

Setenil de las Bodegas is a city in Spain that attracts the attention of tourists from all over the world, mainly because it is built right into a large basalt rock.

There are streets here with not the sky hanging over them, but tons of basalt rock. It may seem like they are about to collapse on you, but they have been standing for many centuries.

A city with more dead than living

There are as many as 17 cemeteries in the city of Colma, California. The ratio of dead to living here is a thousand to one! This happened due to the fact that at one point the authorities decided to move all the cemeteries from nearby San Francisco here.

Previously, the population of this town consisted exclusively of gravediggers, monument manufacturers and florists, but in the eighties specialists from other fields began to flock here. Today the city's motto is: "It's good to be alive in Colma!"

Personally, I have always dreamed of traveling to different countries and exploring more and more new places. But how to choose where to go, because the world is so huge? Maybe the names of cities will tell your heart? I decided to make a short review and selected the most beautiful of them!

The most beautiful names of cities in the world

• Pattaya - “the wind that comes before the rainy season”, southeast Thailand;
• Antananarivo - “the city of a thousand warriors”, the capital of Madagascar;
• Gargagliani is a city in Greece;
• Tegucigalpa - the “silver hills” of extraordinary beauty, the capital of Honduras;
• Clermont-Ferrand - City of extinct volcanoes" in the south of France;
• Königsberg - “royal coast” or “coast of kings”, former name Kaliningrad;
• Wolverhampton is a city in the south of the West Midlands;
• Aguascalientes is the fiery name of the city in Mexico “hot waters”;
• Reykjavik - "smoking bay", the capital of Iceland;
• Southampton - south coast beautiful Great Britain;
• Knokke-Heist is a city on far north Belgium.

The most beautiful names of Russian cities

• Pereslavl-Zalessky is a very sonorous name;
• Veliky Novgorod - I have never been to this Great City;
• Zvenigorod - it’s worth a trip if only to understand what exactly is ringing there;
• Peterhof - this place simply cannot be ordinary;
• Bodaibo - it’s even hard to believe that this is in Russia;
• Insar - there is something oriental in this;
• Shlisselburg - there is something German about it;
• Kargopol is unusual to say the least;
• Svetlogorsk is a bright name for the city;
• Kolomna is very beautiful there;
• Oranienbaum - although it’s not exactly a city, it sounds beautiful.

Which ones do you know beautiful names cities of Russia and the world?

People's opinions

I recently visited a country where I liked the name of the city Gura-Gumorului. In this city I visited a monastery, which was built in the 15th century, and then a hydropark with swimming pools. I remembered the name for 3 whole days, it’s even hard to pronounce. And not far from this city there is a town where I have friends, which also has the wonderful name Vatra-Dornei.

I really like the names of foreign cities: Valletta is the capital of the Mediterranean state of Malta, the name Italian city Verona, but in this case also because the events of Shakespeare’s tragedy “Romeo and Juliet” took place there.

Anthracite, what is it anyway??? But the name of the city is funny.

I’ve been dreaming of visiting the city of Sortavala, there was even an opportunity, but it fell through. Even from the name it seems to me that there are deer walking there and everything around is just meadows of berries!

Marseilles
Los Angeles
Bender Sarah Bejevan
Paris
Lankaran
Zimbabwe
Saint Petersburg
Arkhangelsk

I dream of visiting Paris. My God this is an amazing city!

I only know one city, which in my opinion is the best and the most, and it has a very beautiful name, this is, of course, the city of Odessa, but do you know what the second name is for this pearl by the sea? “Southern Palmyra” doesn’t it sound right?.)

Montreal (“Royal Mountain”) is, in my opinion, the most beautiful name
Ravello
Lucerne
Milan
Genoa
Monte Carlo
Dusseldorf
Belgrade
can be listed and listed

But the funniest names of Fleas are Pskov region. Bezhanitsky district
Blyava - Orenburg region. Kuvandyk district
Bukhalovo - Tver region. Bologovsky district
Durakovo - Kaluga region. Zhukovsky district
Kozly - Tver region. Udomelsky district
Vagina - Tyumen region. Aromashevsky district
Tumors - Pskov region. Nevelsky district
Swimming trunks - Novgorod region. Pestovsky district
Popki - Volgograd region. Kotovsky district
Khrenovoe - Voronezh region. Novousmansky district
Kaka - rep. Dagestan Akhtynsky district
Pysi - Pskov region. Usvyatsky district
Sovlokh - Khanty-Mansiysk Aut. env. Berezovsky district
Lopuhi - Ryazan region. Ryazan district
Mochily - Moscow region. Serebryanoprudsky district
Scrotums - Kaluga region. Meshchovsky district
Bruises - Smolensk region. Krasninsky district
Siskovsky - Volgograd region. Podtelkovsky district
Soskovo - Moscow region. Taldomsky district
Latrine - Tambov region. Rzhaksinsky district

Murmansk
Vladikavkaz
Vladivostok
Rostov Veliky
Veliky Novgorod
Arkhangelsk
Sochi
Anapa
Yalta
Khabarovsk
Novosibirsk

And from the world
Memphis
Cairo
Alexandria
Sparta
Rome
London
Rio de Janeiro
Havana
Montreal
San Francisco

I like the names of cities in Italy: Palermo, Milan, Florence, Venice, Naples, Vicenza...there are many names that I think are very beautiful. From Russian cities - St. Petersburg, Tolyatti.

redactorolga, the last name, by the way, is also essentially Italian.
By the way, yes. The city was named after the Italian communist leader Tolyatti.

Pattaya is a gorgeous city, I will definitely return there more than once.

List of top cities in the world:

Balakovo
Saratov
New York
Boston
Hong Kong
Saint Petersburg
At this point, I have all this elite top.

Can you praise your swamp? Ahaha

I think that the coolest name is the city of Saint-Petersburg!

It’s somehow difficult for me to list the names of cities just because of the sound, if I’ve never been to them.
And of those I visited, Venice, Paris, Odessa, Luxembourg, Brussels, Sevastopol, Riga remain in my memory and heart.
There are many more, but the most beloved city and beautiful for my soul is St. Petersburg. If you are destined to live a second life, then only in it, in this mysterious and beautiful, mystical and poetic city.

There are settlements on the planet with such amazing names that it is difficult to believe in their existence. And to live in the city of Swastika or in the city of the Kingdom of Satan, perhaps, only people with a good sense of humor can live. And it should be noted that these are not the most strange names from existing ones.

1. Swastika

Swastika town in Ontario, Canada - pretty strange place. In fact, this is not a Nazi haven at all - the city was founded almost 30 years before Adolf Hitler began using the swastika. The name of the city was chosen in honor of the ancient Indian sign of prosperity and fertility.

2. Kingdom of Satan

What's funny and strange is that there are cities and geographic places on Earth named after hell. For example, two cities in the United States (in the states of Vermont and Massachusetts) are called the Kingdom of Satan.

3. Peniston

The name of the town of Peniston in Yorkshire, England, probably derives from older forms of Welsh and English languages. The name originally meant "Hilltop Village". Today, everyone is giggling at him.

4. Nothing

The previously populated (although very few people lived in it) village of Nothing in Arizona, was completely abandoned in 2005. The sign at the entrance to the city reads: “The dedicated citizens of Nothing are full of hope and faith in the necessity of work. For many years these people believed in Nothing, hoped for Nothing and worked in Nothing."

5. North Pole

There are cities named North Pole in the states of Alaska and New York. New York's North Pole has theme park with live reindeer and Santa Claus.

6. Nameless

Nameless is a small town in Colorado, which got its name when a highway was planned to be built in this place with a turn to a city that does not yet exist. During the construction of the road, a temporary sign with the inscription “Unnamed” was installed at the bend. As a result, the name stuck.

7. Moon

Northwest of Pittsburgh there is a town called Luna, which was probably so named because it is located in a crescent-shaped bend of the river.

8. Mars

Tourists in lately often visit the city of Mars in Pennsylvania. Not only has a non-working former spacecraft, you can also say that you visited the Martians (that’s what the locals are called).

9. George Washington

George Washington is the only city in the United States that bears the full name of its Founding Father.

10. Ganja

The city with the most Rastafarian name can be found in Azerbaijan. Moreover, this is not even a village that was named as a joke, but the second largest city in the country.

11. Chinatown

Chinatowns or Chinatowns exist in major cities all over the world, but in Wisconsin there is an entire city that bears a similar name.

12. Batman

Everyone knows the famous comic book hero, but few people know that in Turkey, in the province of Batman, on the banks of the Batman River (a tributary of the Tigris River) there is a city called Batman. The main local attractions are oil refineries and a large military air base.

13. Bastardtown

Bastardtown in County Wexford, despite its name, is a picturesque Irish seaside village.

14. Å

Locality with such a laconic name - a beautiful seaside village in the very north of Norway. Six other Norwegian towns, a Swedish and a Danish town also have a similar name.

15. Accident

Interestingly, the town of Casualty was built in the 1770s in Western Maryland by accident. Two surveyors marked out the ground, randomly choosing the same oak tree as a reference point. It was on that spot that the city was founded.