The Alphabetical Place Names Game

[Stormswift]

On Wednesday, June 07, 2017 at 7:45 PM, Bjern said:

You can hear it pronounced on Youtube. It's not actually the longest place name tho, but there's longer.

Yeah I broke a thread one day using the longest name (one from New Zealand) in its title.

 

Ooops N isn't it?

 

New Plymouth a City in New Zealand's North Island.

Edited June 9, 2017 by Stormswift

[Stoffer]

On 2017-6-7 at 7:00 AM, Friends just call me Ross said:

That place is a few vowels short of pronouncability.

In Welsh (Cymraeg) there are 7 vowels. Apart from the normal English ones there are W and Y. Welsh is a phonetic alphabet so once you learn how to pronounce the letters, you're sorted.

That place name is a lovely area in the island of Môn (or Anglsey as the English like to call it) and is usually shortened to Llanfair PG and is actually made up of lots of different words that mean:  Parish [church] of [St.] Mary (Llanfair) [in] Hollow (pwll) of the White Hazel [township] (gwyn gyll) near (go ger) the rapid whirlpool (y chwyrn drobwll) [and] the parish [church] of [St.] Tysilio (Llantysilio) with a red cave ([a]g ogo[f] goch).

I took my Welsh exams not far from there. The first time I visited Pwlhelli we were looking for the KH and ended up following a load of people who were going to chapel, as they were all dressed smartly like JWs and that's not something you see where I'm from in England, even back then in the 90s!

[Patinage]

Odeillo, Cerdagne in the Eastern Pyrenees known for its solar furnace

 

[Qapla]

Picayune Mississippi

[dove]

Qandahar: A city in southern Afghanistan; an important trading center.

• The region around Qandahar is one of the oldest known human settlements.

[Qapla]

Romulus

 

Romulus was the inhabited second planet of the Romulan system in Sector Z-6; it was the homeworld of the Romulans and the capital world of the Romulan Star Empire. Romulus was destroyed by the Supernova ...

[Stormswift]

Saturn then.

 

 

[Qapla]

Ty Ty 

 

 

Ty Ty is a city in Tift County, Georgia, United States. The population was 716 at the 2000 census. The community takes its name from nearby Ty Ty Creek

 

I have been through there many times traveling west from Tifton, Ga at I75. Sometimes on my way to a DC in Albany, Ga

Edited June 12, 2017 by Qapla

[Stormswift]

Upokongaro ... A place not far from me.

[Qapla]

Vendikar – Planet whose people were engaged in a simulated war with the people of Eminiar VII

[Tia]

Walla Walla, Washington

[Qapla]

Zellwood, Florida

 

Zellwood is a census-designated place and an unincorporated area in Orange County, Florida, United States. The population was 2,817 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Orlando–Kissimmee Metropolitan Statistical Area

[dove]

What happened to X and Y? 

[Stormswift]

1 minute ago, Dove said:

What happened to X and Y? 

The planets imploded before he could write them down.

[dove]

I was waiting for someone to come up with X and he just skipped over it....solved 

[Qapla]

Xalapa Mexico

 

Yonkers NY

[Stormswift]

Well done on the Yonkers was trying to remember something to do with Y.

[dove]

AMAZON RIVER

 

 

1. 1. 8 Facts on Amazon River
2. 2. 1.The Amazon River carries more water than any othe rriver in the world
3. 3. Responsible for 25% of the fresh water that flows into the worlds oceans
4. 4. 2.Amazon River is the second longest river in the world about 6400 km long
5. 5. 3.The Amazon River has the largest watershed (area of land that flows into the river)Has more than 200 tributaries
6. 6. 4.Streams that begin in the Andes Mountains are the starting sources for the Amazon River.
7. 7. 5.Most of the runoff of Brazil flows into the Amazon River along from four other countries: Peru, Bolivia,Colombia, and Ecuador.
8. 8. 6.Amazon River meets the Atlantic Ocean.The colour and salinity of the Atlantic Ocean are modified for nearly 320 km from the delta.
9. 9. 7.Amazon River can be as much as one to six miles wide!During flood seasons, the Amazon is more than 32 km in certain places
10. 10. 8.The Amazon River takes   different routes since it began to carry water. Amazon River even flowed west at one time or more, into the Pacific Ocean.

 

Edited June 13, 2017 by Dove

[Qapla]

Bespin  -  Located in a Galaxy far, far away

 

Bespin is a major source of tibanna gas, a material which is refined for production and transport in Cloud City and used in hyperdrive coolant for starships, as well as in the production of firearms. It is home to several million individuals, including humans and Ugnaughts.

[Stormswift]

CARTERTON

 

A small town in the region called Wairarapa - New Zealand - home of NZ's premier BACON!

[Qapla]

Deltona, Florida

 

Deltona is a city in the U.S. state of Florida and the most populous city in Volusia County. It was originally located about halfway between Daytona and Deland - thus the name Deltona.

 

However, here is an interesting part of the city's history.

 

The city was originally established as a planned residential community, and was master-planned and developed in 1962. The community rapidly grew from a small subdivision to becoming one of largest cities in Central Florida by the end of the 20th century, largely in part by worldwide marketing efforts showcasing small, low maintenance homes offered at affordable prices.

 

That's right, it started as a neighborhood - and it is not the only city here in Florida to be that way.

[Stormswift]

Eketahuna

 

A very small town in Wairarapa New Zealand ... if you blink you miss it.

 

 

[Raven]

Finland

[dove]

Goshen- land of Goshen is named in the Bible as the place in Egypt given to the Hebrews by the pharaoh of Joseph, and the land from which they later left Egypt at the time of the Exodus. It was located in the northeastern Delta of the Nile. 

When Joseph's family came to escape the famine in Canaan and live in Egypt, they settled in an area called Goshen, also referred to as the land of Rameses       Genesis 45:10; 47:11

[Qapla]

Holopaw

 

Holopaw is an unincorporated community in Osceola County, Florida, United States. It is located at the eastern end of the multiplex of highways US 192 and US 441. It has a population of fewer than 5,000 people and is part of the Orlando-Kissimmee Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Holopaw, a Creek Indian word meaning "Walkway" or "Pavement", was a stop along the Kissimmee Valley extension of the FEC railroad. JM Griffin began a sawmill operation here in 1923, building streets and houses for his employees. Holopaw was a company owned town, with most employees renting their homes and frequenting the factory owned general store. The JM Griffin Lumber Company became the largest operation in the St Cloud area, employing over 500 people. It also featured one of the first all-electric sawmills in the country. The mill lasted until 1931, closing during the Great Depression. A new mill owned by the Peavy-Wilson Lumber Co. opened in 1935, employing more than one thousand timber, turpentine, and sawmill workers. At the town's peak it had more than 2,000 people. When the railroad line was discontinued, the mill closed, bringing an end to the town. Most residents left to seek employment elsewhere, and the postal service was discontinued in 1954.

 

In reality, today it is just an intersection with one convenience store and a local eatery - a few years back I used to go there once a month for work

Edited June 16, 2017 by Qapla