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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.
  • Names of unorthodox spelling or sound. For example Å or Woolloomooloo.
  • 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 4
    • Some numerical names are marked 5
    • Some names that are interrogative pronouns are marked 6
    • Some living organisms' names are marked 7
    • Some names relating to food or drink are marked 8
  • Names 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.

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==A==

The village of Å in Norway
The village of Å in Norway

==B==

Road sign for Boring, Oregon
Road sign for Boring, Oregon

==C==

Cumming Street and Seaman Avenue in Manhattan New York City
Cumming Street and Seaman Avenue in Manhattan New York City

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The village of Fucking, Austria.
The village of Fucking, Austria.

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Old cargo handling office, Hell railway station, Norway
Old cargo handling office, Hell railway station, Norway

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Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

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Shag Point, New Zealand
Shag Point, New Zealand

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Road sign with Wedding inscribed on it (Berlin, Germany)
Road sign with Wedding inscribed on it (Berlin, Germany)

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Studio507 02:12, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

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Sign to Zzyzx Road, on Interstate 15, California
Sign to Zzyzx Road, on Interstate 15, California

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