April 17, 2003, 00:23
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Bangalore is the ultimate city name. 
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April 17, 2003, 04:03
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Bangalore was an explosive device.... 
Ooooh, I like...
Kumamoto
Nanking
Manchester
Kahala
New Brunswick
York
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April 17, 2003, 06:29
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In no particular order...
Carthage
Sparta
Tenochtitlan
Cuzco
Babylon
Antioch
Damascus
Medina
Valencia
Toledo
Zaragoza
Marseille
Bordeaux
Zurich
Trondheim
Copenhagen
Hammerfest
Stuttgart
Leipzig
Dresden
Vladivostok
Novgorod
Osaka
Yokohama
Shanghai
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April 17, 2003, 17:36
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MINGAPULCO 
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April 17, 2003, 17:44
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I notice everyone parroting off these city names, but does anyone know what the names actually mean?
Take Kuala Lumpur for example, a city name I have always be partial to because IMO it is one of the nicer sounding names for a capital city in the world - it has a magical quality, rolling sensuously of the tongue hinting of far eastern exotic delights...
So it may come as a bit of a shock when you find out that KL actually means 'Muddy Confluence'. The point where two rivers meet in the centre of town... 
And no, it doesn't even look impressive...
My favourites have to be:
Ouagadougou
Reykjavik
Zanzibar
And no, I don't know what their names mean... 
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April 17, 2003, 17:50
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Atlantis
and
Timbuktu
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April 17, 2003, 17:51
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Screemer
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April 17, 2003, 17:54
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Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
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- Intercourse, Pennsylvania (is these real? I'm checking an Atlas and.. well.. maybe is an ortographic mistake).
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Yes, as well as 'Blue Balls' and '**** in Hand'. Those Amish were sex crazed.
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Well, it's not like they're allowed to do anything else...
You missed out the nearby 'Virginville', but at this rate they may have to change their name soon...
Here's a tourist photo - ignore the childish prat in the background... 
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April 17, 2003, 18:48
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- Lhasa, Tibet (china)
- Hanga Roa, Chile
- Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Pehuajo, Argentina
- Katmandu, Nepal
- Glasgow, (scotland?)
- Zanzibar
- Brasilia, Brazil
- Chihuahua, Mexico
- La Habana (havana in english), Cuba
- Tenochtitlan
- Menfis, Egypt
- Teheran, Iran
- Honolulu, USA
- Phnom Penh, Cambodia
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Originally posted by Chilean President
- Paso de los Toros, Uruguay (pa ti Manya )
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Que curioso. Aca tenemos una marca de agua tonica que se llama asi 
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April 17, 2003, 19:15
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Que curioso. Aca tenemos una marca de agua tonica que se llama asi
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yo no conosco esa ciudad pero me pareció un nombre atractivo.
Quilmes is a town from Argentina + a beer from there right?
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April 17, 2003, 19:44
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Quilmes is a town from Argentina + a beer from there right?
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Yes, that's right. A lot of things here have the name of a place. I think in most of the cases is just lack of originality.
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April 17, 2003, 19:48
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anyway is a nice name
Quilmes, Argentina.
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April 17, 2003, 19:56
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Well, names of my region may be nice...
like "Pila", which means a saw, but it means "she drank"
as well, or "Upita", which means "drunken (woman)"...
But I like names of cities such like
Amorion, Filomelion, etc... perhaps I just like "on" at the end... hm... Szczebreszynon... doesn't that sound nice?
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April 18, 2003, 11:37
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Originally posted by Heresson
hm... Szczebreszynon... doesn't that sound nice?
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Hey, no name calling! 
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April 18, 2003, 14:03
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Alexandretta.
(today's Iskederoun)
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April 18, 2003, 14:04
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Savapolis
Savagrad
Savaton
Savaville
New Sava
Port Sava
Mount Sava
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April 18, 2003, 14:06
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Bangkok is a great name. Just think of all the childhood jokes that name inspired.
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April 18, 2003, 15:15
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Originally posted by Sava
Savapolis
Savagrad
Savaton
Savaville
New Sava
Port Sava
Mount Sava
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Don't forget Sava Beach.
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April 18, 2003, 15:34
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YES! 
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April 18, 2003, 16:20
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I cannot believe nobody has said either:
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwll-llantysiliogogogoch (Wales)
or:
Y (France)
In the Sava mode...
Sid
Sidmouth
Sidbury
Sidton
Sidtown
Sidport
Sidington
Simonsbath
But seriously, I like Alexandria, gotta be one of the coolest cty names of all time
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April 18, 2003, 17:06
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Originally posted by paiktis22
Alexandretta.
(today's Iskederoun)
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That's one of my favourites as well.
Rosetta (today Rashid in Egypt) is a nice name.Edessa is nice...
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April 19, 2003, 04:53
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another of my faves, in hertfordsire England.
Peter's Green
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April 19, 2003, 05:04
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Karaganda.
How do you like this?
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April 19, 2003, 09:30
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Forceful name
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April 19, 2003, 13:41
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Samarkanda (Samarqand in English I think) is a nice name too.
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April 19, 2003, 13:43
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Heresson nice avatar, which King of Byzantium is it?
BTW in Greek Edessa is pronounced Ethessa (th as in then)
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April 19, 2003, 14:33
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It is Alexios Komnenos (I guess at the start of his reign when He was 19 or so didn't have to shave yet -which suprises me very much- until his beard grew up to a monsterous size I could see in another images...).
He is said to be one of the best, but I personally think that
chrysobulla for Venetians was a mistake that costed the empire a life, so all the other things that He did right are in shadow of this one thing. Still, I have some sentiment for him... (vide Komnenai scenario)
Ethessa...
I think I heard the city was named after some city in Greece, but does it have any meaning, the name "Ethessa", I mean?
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April 19, 2003, 14:43
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Bumpass Creek (Alabama, USA)
Bra (Italy)
Gaylord (MI, USA)
Cockburn (canada)
Concepcion (bol., chile, pan., pana., phil., Nica., and Mex)
Condom (france)
Seman (albania)
Source: goode's world atlas (20th edition)
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April 19, 2003, 14:48
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It is Alexios Komnenos
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Ethessa...
I think I heard the city was named after some city in Greece, but does it have any meaning, the name "Ethessa", I mean?
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There's a city called Ethessa in Greece but I don't know if it means something... could have a distinctive meaning though considering most of the names and words usually do around here but I don't know it.
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April 19, 2003, 15:38
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What do you think when you hear Bonheiden or Rijmenam?
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