Place names considered unusual (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Place names considered unusual" in English language version.

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africanamerica.org

Cholly. "From Niggerhead to Negrohead to Ballard, a Mountain Finally Gets A Decent Name". AfricanAmerica.org. Retrieved 1 June 2020.

archive.org

Jennings, Ken (2012). Maphead: Charting the Wide, Weird World of Geography Wonks. Scribner. ISBN 978-1-4391-6718-2.
Haywood, Anthony; Walker, Kerry (2008). Austria (5 ed.). Lonely Planet. p. 217. ISBN 978-1-74104-670-0. Retrieved 7 November 2009.

archive.today

"What Ever Happened to Half.com, Oregon?", Design Observer Observery, The Design Observer Group, archived from the original on 21 January 2013, retrieved 30 December 2011

arkansaspreservation.com

"NRHP nomination for Huddleston Store and McKinzie Store" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 12 October 2015.

azdailysun.com

Fischer, Howard (17 April 2003). "Board renames Squaw Peak after Piestewa". Arizona Daily Sun. Retrieved 12 July 2016.

barrons.com

"Fugging Hell: Tired Of Mockery, Austrian Village Changes Name". Barron's. Agence France-Presse. 26 November 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.

bbc.co.uk

news.bbc.co.uk

"Council lists banned road names". BBC News. 4 January 2009. Retrieved 17 August 2010.

belfasttelegraph.co.uk

"Village 'amusing' name set in stone". Belfast Telegraph. 23 July 2010. Retrieved 24 April 2023.

books.google.com

Pike, Steven (2012). Destination Marketing. Routledge. p. 230. ISBN 978-1-136-00265-6.
Rygh, Oluf (1901). Norske gaardnavne: Søndre Trondhjems amt (in Norwegian) (14 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 23.

boston.com

Kenney, Michael (30 May 2006). "Geographer explores place names that offend". Boston.com – The Boston Globe. Retrieved 17 August 2010.

brisbanetimes.com.au

"Racist place names to be struck from the record in Queensland". Brisbane Times. 28 August 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2017.

cambridge.org

dictionary.cambridge.org

"Eff". dictionary.cambridge.org. Retrieved 15 April 2015.

cbc.ca

McCabe, Meghan (13 August 2019). "Jimmy Kimmel's sidekick Guillermo Rodriguez does Dildo – reluctantly". CBC.ca. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
"No more place names that contain the N-word allowed, Quebec commission rules". CBC News. Retrieved 13 February 2018.

cnn.com

"Topeka 'renames' itself 'Google, Kansas'". CNN.

designobserver.com

observatory.designobserver.com

"What Ever Happened to Half.com, Oregon?", Design Observer Observery, The Design Observer Group, archived from the original on 21 January 2013, retrieved 30 December 2011

districtcouncils.gov.hk

"大埔區地名修訂" [Tai Po District Name Revision Consultation document] (PDF). District Council website (in Chinese). Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. 20 November 2013. Retrieved 12 February 2019.

dw.com

Douglas, Elliot (26 November 2020). "Austrian village of 'Fucking' decides to change its name". Deutsche Welle.

frommers.com

"Language in French Polynesia | Frommer's". www.frommers.com.

hembygd.se

Kräkånger, Skellefteå hembygdsförening, retrieved 11 November 2024

hongwrong.com

"Hong Kong's Most Offensive Place Names". 16 October 2013.

independent.co.uk

Adams, Guy (28 February 2010). "Americans redraw the map to erase 'offensive' names – Americas, World". The Independent. London. Retrieved 17 August 2010.

keithbriggs.info

Briggs, Keith (1 April 2010), "OE and ME cunte in place-names" (PDF), Journal of the English Place-name Society, 41, 26–39, keithbriggs.info, retrieved 7 July 2010

latimes.com

latimesblogs.latimes.com

Charlie Amter (21 October 2008). "Small town Mayor to Ben Folds: We will bury you". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 15 September 2009.

libotero.com

"Santa Lucia Church, Sasmuan, Pampanga". Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2015.

macleans.ca

McIntyre, Catherine (15 September 2017). "Why the swastika can't be rehabilitated". Maclean's. Retrieved 28 June 2021.

mapy.cz

"Mapy.cz".

nbcnews.com

"Town gets anal over ad mocking its name". NBC News. 10 March 2008. Retrieved 5 January 2024.

news.google.com

"Some towns sure have funny names". The Miami News. 9 June 1971. pp. 4A. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
"N.D. town changing its name for shot at Schnapps money". Lawrence Journal-World. 13 February 1998. Retrieved 1 June 2020 – via Google News Archive.

npr.org

Oxner, Reese (11 December 2020). "Why Do So Many Places In Texas Have 'Negro' In Their Name, Despite A Law Against It?". NPR. Retrieved 14 June 2021.

nytimes.com

Lyall, Sarah (22 January 2009). "No Snickering: That Road Sign Means Something Else". The New York Times.
Fernandez, Manny (22 March 2013). "Marketing Deal Gives a Small Town an Identity Crisis". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 19 February 2025.

ontarioplaques.com

"Swastika". Ontario's Historical Plaques. Retrieved 26 January 2022.

oxforddictionaries.com

"grope – Definition of grope in English by Oxford Dictionaries". Oxford Dictionaries – English. Archived from the original on 4 August 2012.

politico.eu

Dallison, Paul (26 November 2020). "Austrian village of Fucking to be renamed Fugging". Politico Europe. Retrieved 27 November 2020.

publicradio.org

news.minnesota.publicradio.org

Helms, Marisa (24 January 2000). "The City of Ventura". Minnesota Public Radio. Retrieved 1 June 2020.

salon.com

Smith, Patrick (22 January 2005). "Ask the pilot". Salon.

scmp.com

Cheung, Rachel (8 July 2016). "Stories behind Hong Kong street names: Rednaxela Terrace and its famous resident". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 12 August 2022.

sfchronicle.com

Thomas, Gregory (15 September 2021). "Squaw Valley's new name is Palisades Tahoe. What does it mean for the region?". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 27 February 2024.

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news.sky.com

"Sign Of The Times: Shitterton Hits Back". Sky News. 23 July 2010. Retrieved 24 April 2023.

snopes.com

"Urban Legends Reference Pages: Welcome to Austria". Snopes.com. 31 May 2000. Retrieved 26 March 2013.

soundcloud.com

The Effing House Family Restaurant, retrieved 19 September 2017

tarsdorf.at

"Kundmachung Gemeinderatssitzung" (in German). Archived from the original on 26 November 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2020.

telegraph.co.uk

"New Zealand drops racially offensive place names". The Telegraph. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
Harnden, Toby (28 August 2005). "No, there are no F***ing postcards". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 7 November 2009.

theage.com.au

"What's the F---ing joke?". The Age. 3 September 2005. Retrieved 25 October 2009.

thedms.co.uk

mediafiles.thedms.co.uk

"Snickelways-YorkWalk" (PDF). VisitYork.org. Retrieved 1 June 2020 – via thedms.co.uk.

theguardian.com

"Spanish village drops 'kill Jews' name". The Guardian. Associated Press. 22 June 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
McCurry, Justin (21 May 2014). "Japan's Kinki University changes its name due to awkward English meaning". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 June 2020.

theregister.co.uk

"Brits steal carloads of F**king Austrian roadsigns", The Register, 15 August 2005.

thetimes.co.uk

Owen-Jones, Peter. "A wild West country walk". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 12 October 2022.

tshaonline.org

"Dead Negro Draw". The Handbook of Texas. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved 5 October 2014.

tz-online.de

"Schluss mit Plöd! – Wie ein lustiger Ortsname zur Last wird". TZ (in German). Munich. 14 November 2008.

walesonline.co.uk

Rowland, Paul (1 November 2013). "14 Welsh Place Names With No (English) Vowels". Wales Online.

web.archive.org

"grope – Definition of grope in English by Oxford Dictionaries". Oxford Dictionaries – English. Archived from the original on 4 August 2012.
"Santa Lucia Church, Sasmuan, Pampanga". Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
"Kundmachung Gemeinderatssitzung" (in German). Archived from the original on 26 November 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2020.

wibw.com

"Topeka renamed "ToPikachu" for second time in 20 years". WIBW.

worldcat.org

search.worldcat.org

Fernandez, Manny (22 March 2013). "Marketing Deal Gives a Small Town an Identity Crisis". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 19 February 2025.