Wikipedia:Unusual place names

A very long railway station sign for a very long name.

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

Short & medium length names

Long placenames are in the next section.

1770                                         Australian village, unusual in that very few other places in the world have digits (as opposed to spelled out numbers) in their names.
Apocalypse Peaks A group of peaks in Antarctica.
Batman A city in Turkey whose former mayor threatened to sue Christopher Nolan and Warner Bros. for their use of its name in the films Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. Also see other places called Batman: in Melbourne (Batman railway station, Batman's Hill, Division of Batman) and in Tasmania (Batman Highway/Bridge)
Bat Yam
Bell End Bell end is British slang for the head of the penis.
Bitchfield A village in Lincolnshire, England.
Blue Ball A village in County Offaly, Ireland. "Blue balls" is a slang term for a condition affecting the testicles. There's also a community in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (USA) with that name; its derivation comes from a tavern sign.
Bowna A community in the Riverina, New South Wales, Australia. Sounds like "boner", a slang term for an erection, when said in a non-rhotic accent.
Brown Willy A hill in Cornwall that gave its name to the Brown Willy effect.
Bulls Small New Zealand town near Palmerston North. It has a sister-city relationship with Cowes, England.
Butt Hole Road
Caleb Pusey House
Christmas Pie A hamlet in Surrey, England.
Cărpeniş River
Cockburnspath
Cockburn Town
Cocking
Cocks A village in Cornwall.
Coffin Top A mountain on South Georgia.
Come By Chance To their surprise, two farmers in NSW were able to purchase a farm in this locality, so they named it Come By Chance. There is also a Come By Chance in Canada.
Condom French lovers play it safe in this town.
Dead Women Crossing A small community in Custer County, Oklahoma.
Devil's Bit A big hill in County Tipperary, Ireland.
Devilsmother A bigger hill in County Galway, Ireland.
Dick Peaks A group of big white bulges in Antarctica.
Dildo
Disappointment Islands
DISH A small town in Texas that changed its name to receive free digital video recorders and satellite television for ten years.
Dolphin's Barn A barn for land dolphins.
Downhill It's all downhill from here.
Dull It is as well.
Emo A melodramatic village in County Laois, Ireland.
Executive Committee Range A mountain range in Antarctica.
Feltwell A village in Norfolk, England.
Fingringhoe A village in Essex, England.
Football Mountain A mountain in Antarctica.
Fucking, Austria A town in Austria whose sign keeps disappearing.
George, Washington A town in central Washington. The streets are named after varieties of cherries.
Gogogogo Now stop!
Gore No, they don't play murder mysteries or practise the Running of the Bulls in this New Zealand town.
Grand Teton National Park
Gropecunt Lane An old name for various streets in London where prostitutes did their business.
Half.com, Oregon A small town that, in December, 1999, changed its name to receive $100,000, computers for its public schools, and other financial considerations from its corporate namesake.
Hell, Arizona It's a helluva state to live in.
Hell, Michigan Only 294 miles from Paradise.
Hell, Norway See Gods-expedition to Hell.
Hole of Horcum A big hole in North Yorkshire, England.
Hospital A village without a hospital in County Limerick, Ireland.
Humpty Doo I wonder if Humpty fell here? A town 40km from Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.
Inexpressible Island An island of Antarctica.
Innaloo A suburb of Perth, Western Australia.
Intercourse, Pennsylvania Oh, those crazy Amish...
Kill A village in County Kildare, Ireland.
Kilkenny "Oh my God! They killed Kenny!"
Killmacow Why did you kill my cow?
Kilmore
Knobhead A mountain in Antarctica.
Knob Lick
Lake Disappointment An ephemeral salt lake in a remote area of Western Australia.
Lost A genuine Scottish hamlet's name.
Lower Dicker A Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Weald of East Sussex. Also a nearby settlement.
Medicine Hat
Mexican Hat
Miass
Mianus
Middelfart
Mistake Peak A mountain peak in Antarctica.
Moneymore A place where you'll earn more money.
Mooball, New South Wales, Australia[1]
Mooloolah
Moose Factory
Mount Cocks A mountain in Antarctica.
Mount Dick A mountain in the Auckland Islands, New Zealand.
Mount Despair
Mount Slaughter A mountain peak in Antarctica.
Mount Terror
Mount Toogood A mountain in Antarctica.
Mudchute An area of London, England.
Muff A village in County Donegal, Ireland.
Nameless For the U.S. post office, "Nameless" was an official name.
Nasty It's actually a nice place.
Nether Wallop That's gotta hurt.
Nipple Peak A mountain peak in Antarctica.
Nobber A village in County Meath, Ireland.
Nob End Site of Special Scientific Interest near Kearsley, Bolton
North Piddle A parish in Worcestershire, England.
Nowhere Else, Tasmania, Australia[2] Nearby places include Paradise and Promised Land.
No Name But wouldn't "No Name" be a name?
No Place Is in fact in County Durham, England
Paint Lick An unincorporated community in Garrard County, Kentucky
Petting Absolutely no sexual connotations. Seriously!
Pity Me Feel sorry for those who live there.
Police A town in Poland.
Pratt's Bottom A village in the London Borough of Bromley, originally Spratts Bottom
Presidente Prudente City in Brazil, named after president Prudente de Morais
Punkeydoodles Corners A hamlet in Ontario known for its name and frequent sign theft.
Pussy A village in the Rhone Alps.
Queer Mountain A mountain in Antarctica.
Ruyton-XI-Towns XI pronounced "eleven" (Roman numerals)
Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha! The only town name with two exclamation points.
Sandy Balls An area of parkland in Hampshire, England.
Satan's Kingdom The name of two villages in the United States, one in Massachusetts and the other in Vermont.
Scratchy Bottom A clifftop valley near Durdle Door, Weymouth in Dorset, England.
Sexbierum Three vices in one name.
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.
Shag Rocks
Shagnasty Island Not to be confused with Love Island, this is in South Georgia
Shingay cum Wendy A parish in Cambridgeshire, England.
Silly Department Pronounced "seely."
Six Mile Bottom A village in Cambridgeshire, England.
Slaughter Also see Upper Slaughter, Lower Slaughter, and Slaughter, Washington (since renamed Auburn, Washington)
Sofia University Mountains A mountain range in Antarctica.
Supporting Party Mountain A mountain in Antarctica.
Swastika No Nazis live here.
Taylors Mistake Named after a shipping accident.
Te Urewera Area in New Zealand, name means "burnt penis" in the Māori language.
Three Cocks A village in Powys, Wales. More commonly known by its Welsh name Aberllynfi.
Torpenhow Hill A place whose name means "HillHillHill Hill." One of many tautological place names.
Truth or Consequences A town in New Mexico which renamed itself simply so it could host the show that bore its name.
Tubbercurry I'll have a tub o' curry with that.
Twatt A small settlement on the Shetland Islands, Scotland.
Uck River in Sussex, England. Signs for the river have been subject to frequent vandalism, resulting in the local council fitting specially shaped signs to reduce the potential to add letters to the name.
Ugley The inhabitants are actually quite pretty.
Unalaska, Alaska
Upper Dicker A village in the Weald of East Sussex.
Upperthong and Netherthong Two villages in West Yorkshire, England.
Useless Loop A very small town in Western Australia.
Wagga Wagga Don't call Wagga Wagga, Wagga. OK? Pronounced Wog-ga (doubled up), rather than Wag-ga.
Wank A small hamlet (small rural settlement too small to be considered a village) which is part of the municipality of Nesselwang in Bavaria, Germany. There is also a mountain called Wank in the nearby Estergebirge Moutain range.
Wankers Corner A village in Oregon, United States.
Wankum A town in Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany
Wedding a locality in the borough of Mitte, Berlin, Germany
Wee Waa (Pronounced "Wee War")
Westward Ho! The only place in the United Kingdom with an exclamation point in the official name.
Wetwang A village in East Yorkshire, England.
Whakatane & Whakapapa Nothing special about these New Zealand place names, until you realise the native (Māori) pronunciation of 'Wh' comes out as 'F' ...
Whiskeytown
Woolloomooloo Presumably, the Aboriginals thought this question - how many S's in Mississippi - was getting boring.
Worms Famed for its Diet of Worms during Medieval times.
Zzyzx The location of Zzyzx Road, which was once alphabetically the last street name in the world. Also the name of a film, noteworthy for its box office gross of $30.
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Unusual words contained inside the name

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