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  2. Wikipedia:Unusual place names - Wikipedia

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    With a name meaning "come in naked" in Brazilian Portuguese, the folks of this district in the city of Taquara in Brazil must be very comfortable with public nudity. Equality: A small community primarily in Coosa County, Alabama, also bordering Elmore and Tallapoosa counties. Erba: A place in Italy. "Erba" is a slang term for "weed" in Italian ...

  3. List of placeholder names by language - Wikipedia

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    In the Finnish Defence Forces, placeholder names for soldiers include Nönnönnöö (no meaning, derived from N.N. ), Senjanen (rendered from genitive Senjasen expanding into sen-ja-sen (this-and-that), Omanimi ("Private His-name") and Te ("Private You"). Any weapon, device or piece of equipment is called vekotin.

  4. List of Internet top-level domains - Wikipedia

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    Brands with an international presence, nonprofits and charities, travel agencies & adventure companies, world travelers & global communities, any business with “world” in its name — Identity Digital: Yes: Yes .wow: Amazon Registry Services, Inc..wtf: Bargain websites, photo & video aggregators, meme sites, news of the weird — Identity ...

  5. Secret Service code name - Wikipedia

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    Secret Service code name. President John F. Kennedy, codename "Lancer" with First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, codename "Lace". The United States Secret Service uses code names for U.S. presidents, first ladies, and other prominent persons and locations. [1] The use of such names was originally for security purposes and dates to a time when ...

  6. List of Latin names of cities - Wikipedia

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    Victoria, British Columbia. Vigornia. Worcester, England; Worcester, Massachusetts. Vindobona. Vienna, Austria. Latinized form of a Greek name. Naples/Neapolis is a rare exception to the rule of Latinization of foreign city names owing to the fact that it was established by the Greeks and predates Rome by many centuries.

  7. In the global business media, they are described as being the world's most valuable companies as a reference to their market value. [1] Market capitalization is calculated from the share price (as recorded on selected day) multiplied by the number of outstanding shares .

  8. List of modern names for biblical place names - Wikipedia

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    Notes. References. List of modern names for biblical place names. While a number of biblical place names like Jerusalem, Athens, Damascus, Alexandria, Babylon and Rome have been used for centuries, some have changed over the years. Many place names in the Land of Israel, Holy Land and Palestine are Arabised forms of ancient Hebrew and Canaanite ...

  9. Geographical renaming - Wikipedia

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    Geographical renaming. Geographical renaming is the changing of the name of a geographical feature or area, which ranges from the change of a street name to a change to the name of a country. Places are also sometimes assigned dual names for various reasons.