They're spelling placenames using the letter Thorn even Urianger doesn't use Thorn
November 2, 2026 at 2:50 AM
They're spelling placenames using the letter Thorn even Urianger doesn't use Thorn
Wonder if he pronounces Māori placenames correctly?
October 29, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Wonder if he pronounces Māori placenames correctly?
17thC Kilkenny had some great placenames - Thiefes Craft, Fennellshell, Danceing Meadow, Cursed Garden (missing from image - Littlekillerbeg, Bonnecurr, Baldscull and Sence). www.downsurvey.ie (Kilkenny Liberties)
October 29, 2026 at 3:06 PM
17thC Kilkenny had some great placenames - Thiefes Craft, Fennellshell, Danceing Meadow, Cursed Garden (missing from image - Littlekillerbeg, Bonnecurr, Baldscull and Sence). www.downsurvey.ie (Kilkenny Liberties)
I think the difference is that over the centuries European placenames have acquired descriptors.
Nobody founded a town called Stratford-upon-Avon, the Avon was appended to clarify it wasn't any of the ones near London. And Stratford-atte-Bow eventually dropped the *original* name.
Nobody founded a town called Stratford-upon-Avon, the Avon was appended to clarify it wasn't any of the ones near London. And Stratford-atte-Bow eventually dropped the *original* name.
November 2, 2026 at 9:04 PM
I think the difference is that over the centuries European placenames have acquired descriptors.
Nobody founded a town called Stratford-upon-Avon, the Avon was appended to clarify it wasn't any of the ones near London. And Stratford-atte-Bow eventually dropped the *original* name.
Nobody founded a town called Stratford-upon-Avon, the Avon was appended to clarify it wasn't any of the ones near London. And Stratford-atte-Bow eventually dropped the *original* name.
Ainmean nam beann
Beinn Labhair
(Ben Lawers)
'mountain of the Lawers Burn'
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#AinmÀite #Gàidhlig #Cleachdi #Placenames #Gaelic #Maps #gachlatha
Beinn Labhair
(Ben Lawers)
'mountain of the Lawers Burn'
NN636414
#AinmÀite #Gàidhlig #Cleachdi #Placenames #Gaelic #Maps #gachlatha
October 30, 2026 at 10:02 AM
Ainmean nam beann
Beinn Labhair
(Ben Lawers)
'mountain of the Lawers Burn'
NN636414
#AinmÀite #Gàidhlig #Cleachdi #Placenames #Gaelic #Maps #gachlatha
Beinn Labhair
(Ben Lawers)
'mountain of the Lawers Burn'
NN636414
#AinmÀite #Gàidhlig #Cleachdi #Placenames #Gaelic #Maps #gachlatha
Place name etymology per the NI Placenames Project, now at experience.arcgis.com/experience/9...
And more re Stone via @megalithic.bsky.social
www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...
And more re Stone via @megalithic.bsky.social
www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...
www.megalithic.co.uk
October 31, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Place name etymology per the NI Placenames Project, now at experience.arcgis.com/experience/9...
And more re Stone via @megalithic.bsky.social
www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...
And more re Stone via @megalithic.bsky.social
www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...
Ainm-àite na Seachdaine
Glenfinnan ~ Gleann Fhionnainn 'white glen'
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Nochd Gleann Fhionnainn anns an dàrna sreath "Outlander"
Glenfinnan appeared in the second series of Outlander
#AinmÀite #Gàidhlig #Cleachdi #Placenames #Gaelic #gachlatha #Outlander
Glenfinnan ~ Gleann Fhionnainn 'white glen'
NM895805
Nochd Gleann Fhionnainn anns an dàrna sreath "Outlander"
Glenfinnan appeared in the second series of Outlander
#AinmÀite #Gàidhlig #Cleachdi #Placenames #Gaelic #gachlatha #Outlander
November 2, 2026 at 10:02 AM
Ainm-àite na Seachdaine
Glenfinnan ~ Gleann Fhionnainn 'white glen'
NM895805
Nochd Gleann Fhionnainn anns an dàrna sreath "Outlander"
Glenfinnan appeared in the second series of Outlander
#AinmÀite #Gàidhlig #Cleachdi #Placenames #Gaelic #gachlatha #Outlander
Glenfinnan ~ Gleann Fhionnainn 'white glen'
NM895805
Nochd Gleann Fhionnainn anns an dàrna sreath "Outlander"
Glenfinnan appeared in the second series of Outlander
#AinmÀite #Gàidhlig #Cleachdi #Placenames #Gaelic #gachlatha #Outlander
Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba
Eileamaid na seachdaine
Dabhach 'piece of land upon which a defined quantity of seed will grow'
Thoir dhuinn ainm dabhaich a tha a' còrdadh ribh!
#AinmÀite #Gàidhlig #Cleachdi #Placenames #Gaelic #gachlatha
Eileamaid na seachdaine
Dabhach 'piece of land upon which a defined quantity of seed will grow'
Thoir dhuinn ainm dabhaich a tha a' còrdadh ribh!
#AinmÀite #Gàidhlig #Cleachdi #Placenames #Gaelic #gachlatha
October 28, 2026 at 10:02 AM
Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba
Eileamaid na seachdaine
Dabhach 'piece of land upon which a defined quantity of seed will grow'
Thoir dhuinn ainm dabhaich a tha a' còrdadh ribh!
#AinmÀite #Gàidhlig #Cleachdi #Placenames #Gaelic #gachlatha
Eileamaid na seachdaine
Dabhach 'piece of land upon which a defined quantity of seed will grow'
Thoir dhuinn ainm dabhaich a tha a' còrdadh ribh!
#AinmÀite #Gàidhlig #Cleachdi #Placenames #Gaelic #gachlatha
Q10 #parkchat. References to perdition abound in parkland place names. Yellowstone has Colter’s Hell, Dante’s Inferno, River Styx. and Hellbroth Spring to name a few, not to mention thermophiles that look like flames! What do you supposed is the human obsession with placenames like this?
October 29, 2026 at 1:51 AM
Q10 #parkchat. References to perdition abound in parkland place names. Yellowstone has Colter’s Hell, Dante’s Inferno, River Styx. and Hellbroth Spring to name a few, not to mention thermophiles that look like flames! What do you supposed is the human obsession with placenames like this?
It was Piddle Hinton and Piddle Trenthide that got me interested in placenames. Now a bit of an obsession.
October 28, 2026 at 5:09 PM
It was Piddle Hinton and Piddle Trenthide that got me interested in placenames. Now a bit of an obsession.
For this week for #calling353 at @thejournal.ie I looked at a small sample of Ireland’s spooky placenames and asked if the spookiness is warranted .
jrnl.ie/7202846
jrnl.ie/7202846
Ireland's spookiest placenames: Ringfort of blood, anyone?
And which town’s name is an anagram of “yet demon went, unknown”?
jrnl.ie
October 25, 2026 at 10:03 AM
For this week for #calling353 at @thejournal.ie I looked at a small sample of Ireland’s spooky placenames and asked if the spookiness is warranted .
jrnl.ie/7202846
jrnl.ie/7202846
Ainm-àite na Seachdaine
Drumochter ~ Druim Uachdar 'upland ridge'
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#AinmÀite #Gàidhlig #Cleachdi #Placenames #Gaelic #gachlatha
Drumochter ~ Druim Uachdar 'upland ridge'
NN631762
#AinmÀite #Gàidhlig #Cleachdi #Placenames #Gaelic #gachlatha
October 26, 2026 at 10:02 AM
Ainm-àite na Seachdaine
Drumochter ~ Druim Uachdar 'upland ridge'
NN631762
#AinmÀite #Gàidhlig #Cleachdi #Placenames #Gaelic #gachlatha
Drumochter ~ Druim Uachdar 'upland ridge'
NN631762
#AinmÀite #Gàidhlig #Cleachdi #Placenames #Gaelic #gachlatha
The Paris metro with random placenames for directions is a lot harder. Though they do tend to add key intermediate destinations now, which makes it a bit easier (TfL should do this).
October 28, 2026 at 10:46 PM
The Paris metro with random placenames for directions is a lot harder. Though they do tend to add key intermediate destinations now, which makes it a bit easier (TfL should do this).
The Fenno-Swedish placenames ending in |-lax| are funny to Swedes from Sweden. The ending has nothing to do with salmon, as it is a borrowing from Finnish "laksi" which is the original NOM Sing. of "lahti" 'bay, gulf' (the change laksi > lahti is a common textbook example of an analogical change).
October 28, 2026 at 7:10 PM
The Fenno-Swedish placenames ending in |-lax| are funny to Swedes from Sweden. The ending has nothing to do with salmon, as it is a borrowing from Finnish "laksi" which is the original NOM Sing. of "lahti" 'bay, gulf' (the change laksi > lahti is a common textbook example of an analogical change).
187,781 American places. More than half share a name. Midway leads with 217.
Same name, same origin? That takes research.
#PlaceNames #AmericanHistory #HistoryResearch
Same name, same origin? That takes research.
#PlaceNames #AmericanHistory #HistoryResearch
November 2, 2026 at 10:14 PM
187,781 American places. More than half share a name. Midway leads with 217.
Same name, same origin? That takes research.
#PlaceNames #AmericanHistory #HistoryResearch
Same name, same origin? That takes research.
#PlaceNames #AmericanHistory #HistoryResearch
Not all spooky-sounding Irish placename are as scary as they seem.. but watch out for the hidden horrors. Motherfoclóir's Darach Ó Séaghdha is on the case... www.thejournal.ie/spookiest-pl...
http://www.thejournal.ie/spookiest-placenames-ireland-7202846-Oct2026/
www.thejournal.ie
October 25, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Not all spooky-sounding Irish placename are as scary as they seem.. but watch out for the hidden horrors. Motherfoclóir's Darach Ó Séaghdha is on the case... www.thejournal.ie/spookiest-pl...
Ireland's spookiest placenames: Ringfort of blood, anyone?
And which town’s name is an anagram of “yet demon went, unknown”?
And which town’s name is an anagram of “yet demon went, unknown”?
Ireland's spookiest placenames: Ringfort of blood, anyone?
And which town’s name is an anagram of “yet demon went, unknown”?
www.thejournal.ie
October 25, 2026 at 10:12 AM
Ireland's spookiest placenames: Ringfort of blood, anyone?
And which town’s name is an anagram of “yet demon went, unknown”?
And which town’s name is an anagram of “yet demon went, unknown”?
In my family, the lessons were "Here are placenames everyone else will mispronounce but you'll know" since my father is from Oregon
October 23, 2026 at 10:52 PM
In my family, the lessons were "Here are placenames everyone else will mispronounce but you'll know" since my father is from Oregon
Japanese placenames crack me up sometimes.
I'm in Okayama tonight. That's 岡山, or, literally, Hillmountain.
I'm here a bit unexpectedly because I was planning to be exploring the rural railway lines of Mountainmouth Prefecture (that's Yamaguchi, or 山口), but there's a typhoon en route.
I'm in Okayama tonight. That's 岡山, or, literally, Hillmountain.
I'm here a bit unexpectedly because I was planning to be exploring the rural railway lines of Mountainmouth Prefecture (that's Yamaguchi, or 山口), but there's a typhoon en route.
October 24, 2026 at 8:02 AM
Japanese placenames crack me up sometimes.
I'm in Okayama tonight. That's 岡山, or, literally, Hillmountain.
I'm here a bit unexpectedly because I was planning to be exploring the rural railway lines of Mountainmouth Prefecture (that's Yamaguchi, or 山口), but there's a typhoon en route.
I'm in Okayama tonight. That's 岡山, or, literally, Hillmountain.
I'm here a bit unexpectedly because I was planning to be exploring the rural railway lines of Mountainmouth Prefecture (that's Yamaguchi, or 山口), but there's a typhoon en route.
Gàidhlig air a' mhapa
Corran a' Chinn Uachdaraich ~ the point of the upper head
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#AinmÀite #Gàidhlig #Cleachdi #Placenames #Gaelic #Maps #gachlatha
Corran a' Chinn Uachdaraich ~ the point of the upper head
NG587291
#AinmÀite #Gàidhlig #Cleachdi #Placenames #Gaelic #Maps #gachlatha
October 23, 2026 at 9:02 AM
Gàidhlig air a' mhapa
Corran a' Chinn Uachdaraich ~ the point of the upper head
NG587291
#AinmÀite #Gàidhlig #Cleachdi #Placenames #Gaelic #Maps #gachlatha
Corran a' Chinn Uachdaraich ~ the point of the upper head
NG587291
#AinmÀite #Gàidhlig #Cleachdi #Placenames #Gaelic #Maps #gachlatha
...barley. It's in a lot of placenames. Berwick means barley farm. Later, bere came to specifically refer to bigg. It's the oldest grain crop cultivated in Britain, grown on 12 - 37 acres in Orkney. For context, that's the size of 2 my brother's fields. Some on Shetland..
October 24, 2026 at 1:34 PM
...barley. It's in a lot of placenames. Berwick means barley farm. Later, bere came to specifically refer to bigg. It's the oldest grain crop cultivated in Britain, grown on 12 - 37 acres in Orkney. For context, that's the size of 2 my brother's fields. Some on Shetland..
I don’t think the story is entirely finished; Ula’Tek is a profane depiction of the light, with many of the placenames containing keywords usually only associated with the light
There was also two unique crypts: Crypt of the Lost Priest and Lost Warrior— the two classes that make up paladins.
There was also two unique crypts: Crypt of the Lost Priest and Lost Warrior— the two classes that make up paladins.
October 26, 2026 at 2:30 PM
I don’t think the story is entirely finished; Ula’Tek is a profane depiction of the light, with many of the placenames containing keywords usually only associated with the light
There was also two unique crypts: Crypt of the Lost Priest and Lost Warrior— the two classes that make up paladins.
There was also two unique crypts: Crypt of the Lost Priest and Lost Warrior— the two classes that make up paladins.
Kudos to JewishGen for finally making it possible to Search Polish placenames with Polish spelling in their Town Finders search. insane that I had to manually change characters to the English alphabet to make searches all these years lol
October 23, 2026 at 2:15 AM
Kudos to JewishGen for finally making it possible to Search Polish placenames with Polish spelling in their Town Finders search. insane that I had to manually change characters to the English alphabet to make searches all these years lol
No wait, "Felcester" is even funnier because if you follow the English way of pronouncing placenames like that (and going by the map those are clearly English-language names) then it's "Felcher".
October 22, 2026 at 9:06 PM
No wait, "Felcester" is even funnier because if you follow the English way of pronouncing placenames like that (and going by the map those are clearly English-language names) then it's "Felcher".
See this week's theme:
Púca in placenames, a researcher’s nightmare
www.logainm.ie/en/themes/193
"As we reach the beginning of the Irish winter, we can discuss the tricky issue of the identification of the 'púca' in townland names and other toponyms."
- The Placenames Branch.
Púca in placenames, a researcher’s nightmare
www.logainm.ie/en/themes/193
"As we reach the beginning of the Irish winter, we can discuss the tricky issue of the identification of the 'púca' in townland names and other toponyms."
- The Placenames Branch.
Púca in placenames, a researcher’s nightmare
Inch or Inchaphuca/Inse an Phúcaigh
(logainm.ie \#[3600](https://www.logainm.ie/ga/3600)).
The official bilingual database of placenames in Ireland.
www.logainm.ie
October 22, 2026 at 11:56 AM
See this week's theme:
Púca in placenames, a researcher’s nightmare
www.logainm.ie/en/themes/193
"As we reach the beginning of the Irish winter, we can discuss the tricky issue of the identification of the 'púca' in townland names and other toponyms."
- The Placenames Branch.
Púca in placenames, a researcher’s nightmare
www.logainm.ie/en/themes/193
"As we reach the beginning of the Irish winter, we can discuss the tricky issue of the identification of the 'púca' in townland names and other toponyms."
- The Placenames Branch.