20 Places With Hard To Believe Names But Have A Good Story Behind

Reddit users created a list of locations with the strangest and funniest names they met or heard on the news. And, although it seems a lie, there are many places called in a particular way, so much so that you might think it’s all just a joke.

O awesome.club decided to investigate further on this subject and drew up a list of places around the world with very curious and difficult to forget names.

This place is a ejido (owned) by the municipality of Empalme, in the state of Sonora, Mexico. According to a 2010 census, Mi Patria es Primero is the fourth most populous town in Empalme.

Cucumber, in addition to being a food that we consume in salads, is also a municipality in the province of Toledo, in the community of Castilla-La Mancha. This place was named in the 16th century, when a farmer named Alonso Pepino lived there. The neighbors started saying that they lived in Pepino or were going to Pepino, and with that they forgot the original name of the city, New village of Talavera🇧🇷

Salsipuedes (Leave if you can) is a town in the commune of Malloa, in the O’Higgins region of Chile. Its name is very particular and is due to the difficulty people had to leave the place. Until 2016, they depended on a walkway for pedestrians and bicycles, without the possibility of entering the site with vehicles.

This village has this particular name because it is believed that this indispensable garment (pants) was made there. Unfortunately, it is a passing place, as, according to travelers who have been there, it is unpopulated.

Saint-Louis-du-Ha! There is! It is located between the Saint Lawrence River and the border between Quebec and New Brunswick, Canada. There are several stories about the origin of the name. The first says that Louis is a reference to Louis Marquis, one of the first non-native inhabitants of the region. On the other hand, the second report may seek to honor important parish priests of the region with that name. In reference to the Ha! There is! it is believed to mean path or something unexpected. In fact, the toponymy commission in the area, responsible for etymologically studying the proper names of a place, concluded that Ha! There is! is a term from the French language lexicon used to designate a dead end.

In 2017, the city entered Guinness for being the only city in the world to use two exclamation points in its name.

Peor es Nada (Nothing is worse) is a rural town dedicated to the production of apples and pears, located in the O’Higgins region. The name would have emerged while a farmer was distributing his inheritance between his wife and children, giving her the smallest land. Then, the woman would have said the phrase “nothing is worse”. “The phrase was repeated by the residents until the place came to be called that”, confirmed the professor and author of a book with stories about the city, Jorge Fuentes.

Taumata, or Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu, is a hill in New Zealand that has become famous for its name, as it is one of the longest in the world: it has 85 letters, according to the record book itself. The place is said to be named after a Maori ancestor, Tamatea, and the translation of the long phrase would be: “The place where Tamatea, the man with the big knees who slipped, climbed up and swallowed the mountains, known as ‘the eater of land’, played the flute for loved ones”.

What many people think, especially abroad, is that this place pays homage to the transportation company Uber. However, the city was founded with this name in 1888, after emancipating itself from neighboring Uberaba. As for the meaning, Uberlândia is a composite name: Uber (Latin) means “fertile”, and Landia, comes from the German term “land”, translated as “land”.

Although this place makes you laugh, it hides an interesting history. The place was an old train station that, over time, began to divide into a village and, in 2015, it was declared a “Tourist City” of Uruguay. About the origin of its name, they say that it was an idea of ​​Presbítero Larrañaga, an emblematic personage of the country. However, another story says that Larrañaga’s companions called a nearby inn “Venta de Mal Abrigo”, so finally people started calling the small village “Mal Abrigo”. The name is so ingrained that, in 1935, the neighbors managed to prevent its change, it would be called Manuel Artigas.

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch is the longest-named village in all of Europe. However, its inhabitants abbreviate it to Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, or Llanfair PG, as it is very difficult to remember the 60 letters that make up its name. It is believed that, in 1860, the City Council decided to name the site for the privilege of having the longest name of a railway station. Its meaning is: “Church of Santa Maria in the hollow of the white hazel, near a rapid whirlpool, and the church of San Tisilio, near the red grotto”.

Naco is a city that lies between the border of Mexico and the United States. Typically, this term is used negatively to refer to thick people. However, its origin is very interesting. “Naco” comes from the Opathian language and means “cactus”.

In Italy, a part of the commune of Giano dell’Umbria is called Bastardo. This place was born in the post-war period and has been growing ever since. In fact, it is one of the most populated and industrialized areas of the commune. His original name was Osteria del Bastardo (“Posada do Bastardo”), but it was never exactly an inn, but a post office. In 1920 it was eliminated Osteria del🇧🇷 In 1933, local residents felt it was time to change the “Bastard”, but the proposal was unsuccessful.

Kagar is a city in Germany that, for Spanish and Portuguese speakers, does not go unnoticed, especially considering that the main lake in the area is called Kagarsee. However, Kagar is not what many imagine, but a magical place with forests and lots of nature. Regarding the meaning of the name, we learn that it comes from the word “Karg” (scarce). Instead, Kagarsee is a compound between “Karg” and “See”, which means “lake” in German.

The La Culata heath is located in the Venezuelan Andean area and is one of the largest in the country. The beautiful place is excellent for sporting activities such as excursions, hiking or mountaineering. The name is said to have originated many years ago, when a religious died there from hypothermia. He did not have the necessary equipment to face the low temperatures of a place that looks like a dead-end box and would have many mysteries about disappearances in the fog.

Almafuerte is a city in the province of Córdoba, Argentina, mainly dedicated to the agricultural and industrial trade. It is said that its name came about due to the friendship between the poet Pedro Bonifácio Palacios, “Almafuerte”, and the founder of the city, Pedro C. Molina. Although other people say they weren’t even friends, and that Molina, who was also a lawyer and journalist, wrote a column in his own newspaper under the pseudonym “Alma Fuerte”. The latter inspired him at the time the city was founded on his lands, so he took the names with which he signed his texts and put them together, resulting in “Almafuerte”. It is believed that he did so thinking that, at birth, there is a spirit of courage, strength and pride.

Media Naranja (Meia Laranja) is a town in the department of Cruz del Eje, in the province of Córdoba, which stands out for the production of cotton, olives, garlic and vegetables. Its name originated from the way the fields of the place were, which served to give life to this village.

Garrapatas is located in the municipality of Juan R. Escudero, in the state of Guerrero, and around 700 people live there. Although the true origin of the name is unknown, it can be believed that it is a translation of some indigenous term, since most adults in the area speak an ancestral language.

This town has a natural lagoon, along with diverse flora and fauna to contemplate. In addition, it has several historical attractions. His name would have to do with areas that did not belong to anyone in the times of the landowners and that they called “sobrantes” (leftovers).

Aguascalientes (Hot Waters), formerly the Free and Sovereign State of Aguascalientes, is one of the 31 states of Mexico. The name of the city, its capital, is quite literal, because during the time of the colony there were abundant hot springs in the area with ideal temperatures for bathing.

True Consequences (“Truth or Consequences”) is a small town in Sierra County, New Mexico, United States.

In the past, the place was called hot springs (“Hot Hot Springs”), until, in 1950, Ralph Edwards, announcer of the radio program Truth or Consequences, announced that it would host a city broadcast that would be renamed after the program’s name, all as a publicity strategy to celebrate 10 years of the successful radio attraction. Precisely, hot springs won the contest and was renamed True Consequences🇧🇷 Due to the fact, the broadcaster went to the place every first weekend of May for 50 years to hold the so-called “Feast of Truth or Consequences”, which is celebrated to this day.

Do you know of any other cities with a very special name that we can add to this list? Tell us in the comments section!