home
<< Message Board

Funny city name thread

Submitted by Lindwyrm on November 20, 2025
Self explanatory, post city names which sound funny in english or in your native language.

Here's my submission

(ofc there's no intent to offend, just light fun)

55 Comments
FlabberBapper
+3
Level 77
Nov 20, 2025
Town not too far from me I know is known for it's goofy name is "Rough and Ready"
Capybarra
+2
Level 45
Nov 20, 2025
I've heard of a city called "Pee Pee Townsend" in Ohio
Quizmaster
+8
Level ∞
Nov 20, 2025
The first time I heard the correct Canadian pronunciation of Regina, I giggled.
MasterRocket
+3
Level 83
Nov 20, 2025
The city that rhymes with fun
cathlete
+4
Level 78
Nov 20, 2025
"What do you expect when your name rhymes with a part of the female anatomy?"
In2restingFacts
+2
Level 27
Nov 20, 2025
“…Mulva?”
Jeremy
+4
Level 79
Nov 20, 2025
Experience Regina
Quizmaster
+4
Level ∞
Nov 20, 2025
Not going to lie, that video slaps.
FreeStater
+2
Level 81
Nov 20, 2025
It was originally named "Pile-of-Bones," too.
MasterRocket
+3
Level 83
Nov 20, 2025
Well gonna go with a fairly known one but

Truth or Consequences

Although I did find thanks to that this great article.

Quite a jumpscare once you click it, maybe not suitable for here...

ATLFalconsFan
+2
Level 41
Nov 21, 2025
nuh

·

gur

·

uhl

·

muhd

ATLFalconsFan
+3
Level 41
Nov 20, 2025
um um um the capital of pal- you know what, never mind.
Pontiac
+1
Level 61
Nov 20, 2025
Palau?
Xtrordinary
+1
Level 75
Nov 20, 2025
Ngerulmud?
ATLFalconsFan
+2
Level 41
Nov 20, 2025
pronounce it in american
LuckyCat
+2
Level 72
Nov 20, 2025
this is why I never learned the pronunciation of anything
Pontiac
+1
Level 61
Nov 20, 2025
English rule: Ge pronounces as the j sound. Since American is perfected English, it follows the same rule.
LuckyCat
+1
Level 72
Nov 20, 2025
Get
Pontiac
+1
Level 61
Nov 20, 2025
Germ, generally, George. Get is a rule breaker
LuckyCat
+1
Level 72
Nov 21, 2025
any words that end in -ger. Yall get outta the gutter for a second.
ATLFalconsFan
+1
Level 41
Nov 21, 2025
you mean, any words that end in -jer. Yall jet outta the jutter for a second?
Basaball
+3
Level 52
Nov 20, 2025
Saint-Louis-du-Ha!-Ha!
Basaball
+7
Level 52
Nov 20, 2025
The city with 79.3 K people on Biggest Cities in France - Extreme
Basaball
+6
Level 52
Nov 20, 2025
40°02'18"N 76°06'27"W This town
ATLFalconsFan
+2
Level 41
Nov 20, 2025
alright bro
Pontiac
+2
Level 61
Nov 20, 2025
War, West Virginia
Lindwyrm
+6
Level 82
Nov 20, 2025
It never changes
Pontiac
+1
Level 61
Nov 20, 2025
We got funny names like Paw Paw, Looneyville, and Fort Gay and we also have cities named after other cities like Shanghai, Athens, and London
LuckyCat
+2
Level 72
Nov 20, 2025
So much of colonized British leftovers have European named cities. Rome, GA; Birmingham, AL; heck even New York right?
Pontiac
+1
Level 61
Nov 20, 2025
Yeah but West Virginia holds the record for the most cities done like that in the US
In2restingFacts
+1
Level 27
Nov 20, 2025
What is it good for
Pontiac
+1
Level 61
Nov 20, 2025
idk coal probably
Jeremy
+4
Level 79
Nov 20, 2025
I love What Cheer, Iowa
FreeStater
+3
Level 81
Nov 20, 2025
Java, Alabama. Not too strange until you realize it's located in Coffee County.

Happy Valley Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador and Funny River, Alaska are neat.

City, the name of two small hamlets in Wales.

Candy Kitchen, New Mexico is a classic.

Ruyton-XI-Towns, England. It's pronounced "eleven."

In2restingFacts
+2
Level 27
Nov 20, 2025
There’s a town in Montana called Malta.
DixonTiconderoga
+4
Level 45
Nov 21, 2025
Chicken, Alaska. There's also an unincorporated community in Kentucky called Monkeys Eyebrow.
Hozi
+4
Level 78
Nov 21, 2025
Darmstadt is coloncity in German.

Also, 'seri' means he/she/it 'empties its bowels' in my native tongue, so learning capital of Brunei (Lesotho also has an amusing one) was very funny to me in elementary school.

Serbian name of one village in Kosovo (Šupkovac) has the same root as the fecal spewing sphincter.

Špičkovina in Croatia makes natives giggle for similar reasons like Canadian pronounciation of Regina.

Anonymousbeer25
+3
Level 56
Nov 21, 2025
Paris
Pontiac
+2
Level 61
Nov 21, 2025
Wow, what a Bern
lingonax
+2
Level 58
Nov 21, 2025
Leverhögen, Värmland, means the pile of livers.
MeMeMe333
+3
Level 71
Nov 21, 2025
Mamungkukumpurangkuntjunya is a place in Australia (aparently it's a hill, though).

I went past a city council called Pyrenees, which irritated me so much (because I'm not in Europe)...

Pontiac
+3
Level 61
Nov 21, 2025
There is a hill in New Zealand with an even weirder name, Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu
Ptcairn
+2
Level 68
Nov 21, 2025
I love taumata
Anonymousbeer25
+1
Level 56
Nov 26, 2025
whakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu
Basaball
+1
Level 52
Nov 30, 2025
I memorized it once for fun
Iluvbread123
+5
Level 79
Nov 21, 2025
There are two cities in Sichuan called Neijiang and Shehong. While completely normal on their own, there's this bus route called 内射快巴 (Nei(jiang)-She(hong) Fast Bus). Let's just say the first two characters together have a very different meaning...
MeMeMe333
+2
Level 71
Nov 21, 2025
Uh oh (I'm glad I don't know the Chinese bad words...)
cuotak
+1
Level 70
Nov 21, 2025
🤣
SonyVondern
+1
Level 76
Nov 22, 2025
Oh. Ohhhh no.
XYU
+2
Level 62
Nov 21, 2025
I always like these; Candy Kitchen is a good one, I hadn't heard of that.

I put together a list of funny and odd place names and made some quizzes out of them, if anyone's interested:

https://www.jetpunk.com/series/1374763/strangely-named-towns-and-cities

cuotak
+2
Level 70
Nov 21, 2025
In Sydney, there's a slang called "Gosford skirt" to describe a very short skirt, because Gosford is located just south of The Entrance in NSW.
toowise
+5
Level 81
Nov 21, 2025
Where do I start, the UK has many weird sounding settlements.

Have a butchers at my blog series on the subject....

HERE

Ptcairn
+3
Level 68
Nov 21, 2025
No accidents here in Accident, Maryland!
SonyVondern
+1
Level 76
Nov 22, 2025
Okay
Amphi64
+1
Level 33
Nov 23, 2025
Y

Yes, Y is a town.

Copyright H Brothers Inc, 2008–2026
Contact Us | Go To Top | View Desktop Site | Site Map