The following international geographical names are either interesting or unusual. This list is provided chiefly for its entertainment value.Exactly what is "interesting or unusual" is of course open to debate, but most of the names fall into recognisable categories:Names suggesting matters sexual or scatological or insulting, usually unintentionally. For example Intercourse, Shitlington Crags, or Silly, Belgium.Some sex-related names are marked 1 belowNames of unorthodox spelling or sound. For example Å or Woolloomooloo.Candidates for the shortest or longest word in English or other languages are marked 2.Names that are also listed on inherently funny word are marked 3.Names that describe something that is in no apparent sense as to a geographical location. For example, Why, Old Harry, Mutters, Pity Me, and Die.Some calendar-related names are marked 4Some numerical names are marked 5Some names that are interrogative pronouns are marked 6Some living organisms' names are marked 7Some names relating to food or drink are marked 8Names that match or resemble the name of another much better known place, giving opportunity for confusion (for example New York, Lincolnshire, England, or Boston (also, coincidentally, in Lincolnshire)) can be found in the List of misleading place names.Names that are insulting or may hurt some groups of people, such as the town of Siem Reap, Cambodia (literally "the defeat of Siam") , or the small settlement of La-Mort-aux-Juifs (literally "the death of the Jews"), in the municipality (commune) of Courtemaux, France.Many place names that appear odd to English-speakers are from other languages. Often they are either meaningless or innocuous in their own tongue. The arguably best-known examples of this are the town of Condom, France, and the village of Fucking, Austria.Because of problems associated with an unusual place name, some towns and cities have chosen to rename themselves.Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 0–91770, Queensland, Australia6, West Virginia, USA – former town==A==Å in Norway & Sweden2. Its name is Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish for "small river".Aa, name of several rivers in Europe : France, Germany, Switzerland...Aars, DenmarkAbbess Roding, Essex, EnglandAccident, Maryland, USAAdios, Navarre, Spain ("Goodbye" in Spanish)Advance, Indiana, USAAe, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland 2Agency, Iowa, USAAgenda in Kansas, & Wisconsin, USAAha, Okinawa Island, JapanAh Cut, Pitcairn IslandAi, Ohio, USAÅl, Buskerud, Norway 2. Its name is Danish, Norwegian and Swedish for "eel".Alert, Indiana, USA, and Alert, Nunavut, CanadaAlfalfa, Oregon, USAAlmarosa Avenue, Torrance, California, Combination of alma rosa, the Spanish words for "rosy soul". Once named by the Los Angeles Times as one of California's most unusual street names.Alpha in Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, and Ohio, USAAlphabet City, a neighborhood of New York City, USAAmarillo, Texas, USA: Spanish for "yellow", although most Texans pronounce the two "ll"'s as l's like in English, not like a y as in Spanish.Amen, Drenthe, NetherlandsAmerica, Limburg, Netherlands. It has been stated that the name originates with the German Am Erica = "near (the) erica/heather". This, however, is most unlikely as Erica is a feminine word in Neo-Latin as well as in Middle-High German and would therefore not have been Am. The more likely explanation would have been a naming after places in other countries, such as Kalifornien, Amerika (Saxony), Brasilien (Schleswig-Holstein, and England (Bavaria).Anaconda, Montana, USAAnaheim, California, USA, named by German settlers as the home or heim of the Santa Ana River; unusual combination of Spanish and GermanAnse-Qui-Pue (L'), Quebec, Canada ("The Cove that Stinks")Antelope, Oregon, USAAntelope, Saskatchewan, CanadaApples, Vaud, Switzerland 8Arab, Alabama, USA (Pronounced "ay-RAB," Arab is down the road from a town called Boaz, which is a Biblical Hebrew name)Arm, MississippiArresting, Lower Bavaria, GermanyArrowbear, California, USA, midway between Lake Arrowhead and Big Bear CityArsenic Tubs, New Mexico, USAArsoli, Lazio, ItalyArsy, Oise, FranceArthur Kill, New York and New Jersey, USAArtichoke, Minnesota, USAAs, Limburg, BelgiumAš, Czech RepublicÅs, five places in Sweden (means small mountain ridge)Asbestos, Quebec, CanadaAssawoman, Virginia, USA 1Asse, Vlaams-Brabant, BelgiumAssens, Island of Fyn, DenmarkAthol, Massachusetts, USAAtomic City, Idaho, USAAttaching, near Munich, GermanyAu, several towns in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland 2Avenue Road, a main street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and in other cities (there are six in London)Azusa, California, USA==B==Bachelor's Bump, East Sussex, EnglandBad Axe, Michigan, USABad Gastein, AustriaBad Kissingen, Bavaria, GermanyBaden-Baden, Baden-Württemberg, GermanyBadgers Mount, Kent, UKBagdad, Arizona, USABagdad, Tasmania, AustraliaBaie des Ha! Ha!, Quebec, Canada ("Ha! Ha! Bay")Bakewell, Derbyshire, England-known for its puddingsBald Knob, Arkansas, USABall, Arizona and Ball, Louisiana, USABallast, Drenthe, NetherlandsBalzac, Alberta, CanadaBallsbridge — a suburb of Dublin, IrelandBam, IranBanana, Queensland, Australia 7 & 8Bang Bang Jump Up, a rock formation in AustraliaBankass, MaliBarf (Lake District), hill in the Lake District, EnglandBarking, Greater London, EnglandBarrow, Alaska (northernmost city in the USA)Barrow-in-Furness, EnglandBastard Township, OntarioBastardo, ItalyBat and Ball, a railway station in Sevenoaks, Kent, EnglandBatang Berjuntai, Selangor, Malaysia (In Malay, berjuntai means dangling. While batang could either mean a rod or a stream, in some colloquial usage, it carries a connotation of the male sexual organ.)Bates Motel, Ontario, OregonBath, Somerset, EnglandBath, Zeeland, NetherlandsBath, New York USABathmen, Overijssel, NetherlandsBatman, Batman Province and Batman River, TurkeyBeauty, Kentucky, USABeaver (several places in the USA)1 & 7Beaver City, Nebraska, USABeaver Crossing, Nebraska, USABeaver Lick, Kentucky, USABeaverton in Ontario, Canada and Oregon, USABee, Nebraska, USABeer, Devon, England 8Belchen, one of the mountains of the Black Forest, GermanyBelcher in Louisiana & KentuckyBelcher Islands, Nunavut, CanadaBelchertown, Massachusetts, USABelper, Derbyshire, England3Bend, Oregon, USABendery, MoldovaBen Hur, Texas, USABen Hur, Virginia, USABest, Noord-Brabant, NetherlandsBest, Texas, USABetween, Georgia, USABeulah, Oregon, USABible Hill, Nova Scotia, CanadaBidon 5, Sahara Desert, Africa 5Big Bear City, California, USA 7Big Beaver Road, Troy, Michigan, USA — not just a small street, but a main thoroughfare. Furthermore, from Interstate 75, one must take exit 69 to get to Big Beaver Road.Big Bone Lick State Park in Kentucky, USABig Right Hand, West Virginia, USABig Ugly Wilderness Area, West Virginia, USABischofsloch, Germany ("Bishop's Hole")Bishop's Itchington, Warwickshire, EnglandBitey Bitey, Pitcairn IslandBitche, FranceBird-in-Hand, Pennsylvania, USABirdsnest, Virginia, USABivalve, New Jersey, USABlack Hammer Township, Minnesota, USABlackboy Hill, Bristol, England (At the top end of Whiteladies Road)Blackjack, Texas, USABland, Missouri, USABlewett, Texas, USABlitzen, Oregon, USABlizzard Gap, Oregon, USABlow Me Down, Newfoundland, CanadaBlowing Rock, North Carolina, USABlubberhouses, Yorkshire, EnglandBlue Ball, Pennsylvania, USA 1Blue Ball, Ohio, USA 1Blue Cow, New South Wales, AustraliaBlunt, South Dakota, USABlunts, Cornwall, England (a number of miles southeast of Big Willy)Bo, Sierra Leone2Bø, in Telemark and Nordland, Norway 2Boaz, Alabama, USA (Boaz, which is a Biblical Hebrew name, is down the road from a town called Arab)Boca Chica, Florida, USA ("little mouth" in Spanish)Boca Grande, Florida, USA ("big mouth" in Spanish)Boca Raton, Florida, USA (lit. "Mouth of the mouse" in Spanish, idiom for "Den of Thieves")Bonanza, Oregon, USABonesteel, South Dakota, USABong Bong, New South Wales, AustraliaBong County, LiberiaBong Recreational Area, Wisconsin, USABongoville, Gabon (Named after President Omar Bongo of Gabon)Bonkle, Lanarkshire, Scotland.3 and possibly 1 since bonk is English slang for sexual intercourse.Bono, Arkansas, USABoobey Brook, New Brunswick, CanadaBooger Mountain, North Carolina, USABoom, BelgiumBooti Booti National Park, AustraliaBoring, Oregon, USABoron, California, USABottom, North Carolina, USABoulevard Street, a dead-end street in Lowell, Massachusetts, USABoutilimit, MauritaniaBra, ItalyBraga, Portugal (it means "knickers" (U.K.) or "panties" (U.S.) in Spanish)Braintree, a place name in the United Kingdom as well as both Massachusetts and Vermont, USABras d'Or Lake, Nova Scotia, CanadaBrasilien, GermanyBreakabeen, New York, USA (close to the Dutch translation of "break a leg")Breaky Bottom, East Sussex, EnglandBredon Hill, England (translated: "hill hill hill")Brest, FranceBright, Indiana, USABrighton & Hove England. Only city with an ampersand (&) in its name.Broadstairs, Kent, EnglandBroken Arrow, Oklahoma, USABroken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Australian mining giant BHP stands for Broken Hill Proprietary CompanyBrothers, Oregon, USA near SistersBrown Cow Lane, Barlow, EnglandBrown Willy, a tor in Cornwall, EnglandBruno, Minnesota, USABryndwr, Christchurch, New Zealand (which is as flat as a pancake. "Bryndwr" is Welsh for "steep hill")