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  2. Street name - Wikipedia

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    A street name is an identifying name given to a street or road. In toponymic terminology, names of streets and roads are referred to as odonyms or hodonyms (from Ancient Greek ὁδός hodós 'road', and ὄνυμα ónuma 'name', i.e., the Doric and Aeolic form of ὄνομα ónoma 'name'). [1]

  3. Street suffix - Wikipedia

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    Hong Kong does not have regulations on the road and street names, but currently has some guidelines on a few suffices, namely Road, Street, Path and Lane. There are about 50 English suffices recorded in the street list of Lands Department in 2023. Usually each street in Hong Kong comes with an English name and a Chinese name.

  4. List of public signage typefaces - Wikipedia

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    Road signs in Singapore. Road signs in Brunei. Road signs in Syria. Bengaluru Metro (Namma Metro) signage. Kansai International Airport (KIX) (since 2022) The DIN typeface was commissioned for use at Regulatory and Warning Signs in Marin, San Francisco, and San Mateo Counties.

  5. The most unique street names in the world - AOL

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    The most unique street names in the world. Across the pond, in a suburb of South Yorkshire, the long-suffering residents of Butt Hole Road couldn't take the jokes visiting tourists and back-side ...

  6. List of former Atlanta street names - Wikipedia

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    Leonard Tate Street. Bell Street [16] Lindbergh Drive ( Garden Hills) (as of 1927 for Charles Lindbergh, American aviator; from Peachtree Road to Piedmont Road ) Mayson Avenue [17] Maiden Lane ( Virginia Highland ) Grove Street [4] Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. Hunter Street, Gordon Road. Mackenzie Drive NE.

  7. Wikipedia:Unusual place names - Wikipedia

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    The name of a small road in Shepshed, Leicestershire, the bottom end of the lane is residential and the top of the lane is the home of Shepshed Dynamo FC. Butt of Lewis: The most northerly point of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Butts: Sir Mix-a-Lot's favorite place on the planet. Also the name of a county in the same state. Buttzville

  8. List of place names of Native American origin in the United ...

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    Named after Unadilla, New York. Venango - An eastern Native American name in reference to a figure found on a tree, carved by the Erie. Waco - Named after Waco, Texas, which is the name of one of the divisions of the Tawokoni whose village stood on the site of Waco, Texas. Wahoo. Winnebago.

  9. List of streets and roads in Hong Kong - Wikipedia

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    Roads and Streets. The following are incomplete lists of expressways, tunnels, bridges, roads, avenues, streets, crescents, squares and bazaars in Hong Kong. Many roads on the Hong Kong Island conform to the contours of the hill landscape. Some of the roads on the north side of Hong Kong Island and southern Kowloon have a grid-like pattern.