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[–] 20 points 9 months ago (10 children)

It's like when I see a place named "Westmoreland" I'm like "Ok, so someone thought, "there's more land west of where I was, and I'm not very creative".

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago (7 children)

    Wait until you find out about Greenland and Iceland!

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  • [–] 6 points 9 months ago* (2 children)

    or New York

    new york (2) final.docx

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (2 children)

    Give Greenland is mostly ice I'm actually curious to know where it's name comes from

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago

    if you dig deep enough that's what almost all place names are, and as stupid as it feels it's a great way to make fantasy place names feel not stupid.

    There are a series of cities on the northeastern coast of sweden that all lie near the mouth of a long river, and those cities are quite literally named [Name of the river valley]-stream, while the rivers themselves are named [Name of the river valley]-river. It's so profoundly stupid and yet no one ever thinks about it at all.
    Luleå, on Lule älv. Piteå, on Pite älv. Umeå, on Ume älv. Etc etc..

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