Capitals with unexpected quirks
Tongue twisters and punctuation puzzles
Towns named after bizarre things
Geographically impossible anomalies
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misslily Tongue twisters and punctuation puzzles
Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha! / Double exclamation! / Laughing on the map!
misslily A coastal town in England is the only place in the world to feature an exclamation mark in its official name.
misslily A town in Wales lengthened its name in the 1860s to attract tourists via the newly built railway.
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Y, France: The northern French village of Y is home to residents who are officially called 'Ypsiloniens' in French, named after the Greek letter Y.
A word or phrase that is difficult to pronounce correctly, especially when spoken quickly. The fifty-eight-letter Welsh village of Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch serves as a legendary pronunciation challenge for tourists.
What does the old French word 'ahah' (the source of Ha! Ha! in Quebec) historically refer to?
What does the single-letter name of the Norwegian village 'Å' translate to in Old Norse?
Which single-letter village is located in the Somme department of northern France?
What is the English translation of the Welsh town name Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch?
Why did the Welsh village of Llanfairpwll... lengthen its name to 58 letters in the 1860s?