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[–] [email protected] 81 points 5 months ago (9 children)

Wait until you learn about Torpenhow Hill.

  • Tor, from Old English torr, meaning hill.
  • Pen, from Celtic *penn, meaning hill.
  • How, from Danish hoh, meaning hill.
  • Hill, from English hill, meaning hill.

^Unfortunately,^ ^it's^ ^not^ ^actually^ ^a^ ^real^ ^official^ ^name^ ^for^ ^a^ ^hill,^ ^though^ ^it^ ^could^ ^be...^

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

There is a neighborhood in Cartagena, Spain, that is called Nueva Cartagena, which basically means new new new city

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

Naming cities like boomers name their documents

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