PEOPLE AND PLACES

Hello everyone!!! Today I'll write few lines about names of towns, villages, cities etc. There is a whole science who investigates this topic. It is called toponymy. Places get their names because of characteristics of local landscape, historical reasons, ancient mytholgy, famous persons...or I'd say just human imagination.
Here are some examples of places in my Croatia...Gacice („panties“), Stakorovac („stakor“ is a rat), Ograde („fences“), Misi („mice“), Lisac („male fox“), Kupina („blackberry“) etc.
There are places named Bug (Kentucky), Cut and Shoot (Texas), Hot Coffee (Mississippi), Pee Pee (Ohio)...I wonder who gave such names.
Some town names have very different meaning in different languages. Perfect example is Austrian town called F**king....If I remember right the article in our papers it was named after local noble family Fuck...well, something like that....
Absolutely the longest official palace name is used for most of the world calls Bangkok, Thailand. Locals call it Krung Thep or Krung Thep Mahankhon. But here is city's official name...I doubt anyone will be able to read it Krungthepmahanakornamornratanakosinmahintarayutthayamahadilokphopnopparatrajatha
niburiromudomrajaniwesmahasatharnamornphimarnavatarnsathitsakkattiyavisanukamprasit
In Croatia people often call my country „Lijepa nasa“ or „Our beautiful one“. Asian country of Bhutan has interesting official name. It is „Druk Yul“ or in English „Land of the Thunder Dragon“. I once heard that Spain is sometimes mentioned as „La piel de toro“ or „The Bull's Skin“. It's called that way because of country's shape.
Let me finish today's post. See you tomorrow. Bye!!