5 Unusual Place Names in the World, One Consist of 58 Letters
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VIVA – Usually a name has its own charm for someone, for example in a place. If the place has a unique name, and a trendy one, many people will visit the place. It is because the place name obviously influential.
Different from the following places, these places have unimaginable and unsual names, even to say.
1. Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, Wales
The first weirdest place name is 58 letters. This place is a small village in Wales, precisely on the island of Anglesey.
This place's name is the longest in Europe. Translated into English, the name is an expression that describes the city's location: Saint Mary's Church in a white hazel valley near a rushing whirlpool and St. Mary's Church Tysilio in the red cave.
2. Batman, Turkey
The name Batman in Turkey can come from an ancient unit of measurement or it can be short for the name Bati Raman mountains that surround the area.
Maybe the name is familiar with the name of one of the superheroes in comics or movies. However, it was clearly different and even Warner Bros. and the director of the superhero character were threatened with punishment.
3. Eggs and Bacon Bay, Tasmania
Eggs and Bacon Bay is a place name for the regional wildflower found in Tasmania. This wild flower, commonly known as eggs and bacon, has the petals colored like a mixture of bright egg yolk and dark red meat.
4. The Office Girls, Antarctica
The Office Girls are from two glacial islands also called nunatak, about seven miles away from Welcome Mountain near the coast of Antarctica's Southern Ocean.
There are so many small islands to map in Antarctica that the US has an Antarctic Name Advisory Committee to name the small islands. In 1970 they chose the name "The Office Girls" as a tribute to all personnel who helped in the administration of the continental United States.
5. Islands of Disappointment, French Polynesia
The name of the islands in French Polynesia has become one of the strangest place names, namely disappointment. The name was given by John Byron who in 1765 was sailing around the tip of South America and found a small island.
The place was once thought to be paradise, but in fact, it is not. Because the high waves and coral reefs prevent a safe anchorage. Besides that, the natives of the island are also scary because they hold spears placed along the coast.