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- Solar energy production in the USA on former surface mines
- Monikers/nicknames for film and movie-making hubs
- Albuquerque – A city at the convergence of unparalleled geophysical landforms
- Strict planning & zoning destroys eclectic, offbeat, and funky
- Madrid, NM – Coal mining ghost town to eclectic art colony
- The many moods of the Sandia Mountains in a single day
- The “unity of drought” must supersede myths and self interest
- Gnarly Native American art on skateboard decks
- North American cities with toll beltways and bypasses
- 25 Largest American core cities without a limited access beltway or bypass
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Tag Archives: language
Yoga-fied city names
A little fun today with adding yoga terms to city names. Here are 22 I came up with. Additions are welcome. Enjoy! Birming-hamsa (Birmingham), Alabama, Michigan, or UK Bridge-pose-port (Bridgeport), Connecticut Budda-pest (Budapest), Hungary Chakra-nooga (Chattanooga), Tennessee Corpse-Pose Christi (Corpus … Continue reading
Largest “port” cities in the world
Below is a list of the largest cities in the world with the word “port” in their name. They are ranked by the core city population, not by metropolitan area and must have a minimum population of 20,000 residents to be … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Asia, cities, demographics, Europe, geography, land use, Language, Maps, North America, Oceania, South America
Tagged cities, geography, land use, language, maps, ports, transportation
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City names with the most syllables (in English)
Below is my list of the city names with the most syllables when pronounced in English. These geographic brain benders and tongue twisters do not include hamlets, villages, and/or small towns. Any additions or corrections to his list of cities … Continue reading
Fun, clever, vain, and odd boat names
Below are some of the best and worst boat names observed during our week along the Lake Michigan coastline. Of those listed, the most common themes appear to be relaxation/getting away from it all (9), partying (5), and the value of … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, branding, Communications, consumerism, culture, fun, Language, North America, sailing, satire, signs, tourism, Travel
Tagged boats, language, names, sailboats, yachts
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USA city names with each letter in reverse-alpha order
Only located five of examples of these compared to the nine cities with all their letters in alphabetical order (see July 10th post). A fascinating tidbit is Rome and Utica, New York are in the same metropolitan area. Any additions … Continue reading
Posted in cities, Communications, fun, geography, Language, North America
Tagged cities, fun. trivia, geography, language, spelling, words
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USA city names with each letter in alphabetical order
Here’s a list of nine ten cities and towns I came up with, of cities in the United States where each letter in the city name is presented in alphabetical order. Any oversights from the USA or others known elsewhere are welcome. For … Continue reading
Posted in branding, cities, Communications, education, fun, geography, Language, Maps, North America, States, Statistics, writing
Tagged cities, geography, gun, language, statistics, USA, wordplay, words, writing
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City names with three+ sets of side-by-side matching letters
Below are eleven cities in the United States whose names have three or more sets of matching letters located side-by-side. Interestingly, all are from the Southern United States. Nearly two-thirds of them (seven) come from Florida and Georgia and are a … Continue reading
Catching some “Z” cities
Here’s my working list of cities across the globe the letter “Z” in the English version of their name. Those with more than one “Z” are highlighted in bold, including one city in Russia and one town in California with … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Asia, China, cities, Communications, Europe, geography, history, Language, Maps, North America, Oceania, South America, Statistics
Tagged cities, geography, language, letters, maps, Z
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Weaponry city and town names
Though personally opposed to individual ownership of many of the weapons listed, I thought it would be interesting to identify those communities named for or including some form of weaponry in their name. Additions to the list are welcome. Atomic City, Idaho, … Continue reading
Posted in cities, Communications, geography, history, Language
Tagged cities, etymology, language, place names, places, towns, weaponry, weapons
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