Re: Naming a mysterious village

In message <1135987314.157397.189040@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Nicholas Waller <testo888@xxxxxxx> writes
>
>Julian Flood wrote:
>>
>> Look for real names: England has villages called Bradfield Combust,
>> Licky End and Bergholt, Burton Coggles and Stratford Squeers, Spital
>> in the Street and Ugley, World's End, Froxfield* Green and Coney
>> Weston, Friars Bumpstead, White Ladies and Blossom, Langford and
>> Six Mile Bottom. You should find what you're looking for in a road
>> atlas. TP has, several times.
>
>Interesting how often insignificant places have big names, as above,
>whereas worldshaking cities have small names like Rome, Athens, Paris,
>Mumbai, Beijing, Tokyo, NuYok.

On the other hand there are the cities of El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la
Reina de los Ángeles del Río de Porciúncula [1] and Krung Thep
Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Ayuthaya Mahadilok Phop
Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Piman
Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit [2]

[1] In English "The Village of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels of
the Porciuncula River" usually called Los Angeles

[2] In English "The city of angels, the great city, the eternal
jewel city, the impregnable city of God Indra, the grand capital
of the world endowed with nine precious gems, the happy city,
abounding in an enormous Royal Palace that resembles the
heavenly abode where reigns the reincarnated god, a city given
by Indra and built by Vishnukarn" usually called Bangkok.
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