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Bruce MacDonaldNoyes (is that no-yes?*) used to be an important road border crossing from the ox road days on, says the Wikipedia, but has been superseded by the freeway a few miles west, over in North Dakota."Today, Noyes is essentially a quiet community." <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noyes,_Minnesota" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noyes,_Minnesota</a>*No; Noyes was named for a customs agent.<a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/PlaceNames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PlaceNames</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/frontiers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#frontiers</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Minnesota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Minnesota</a>

Evan Centanni (PolGeoNow)Google Maps has history of appeasing govts who want names, borders shown differently. Often it shows different versions to people in different countries, and says it will do that here too.<a href="https://www.voanews.com/a/google-maps-to-rename-gulf-of-mexico-to-gulf-of-america-for-us-users/7952630.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.voanews.com/a/google-maps-to-rename-gulf-of-mexico-to-gulf-of-america-for-us-users/7952630.html</a><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/toponymy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#toponymy</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/geography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#geography</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/maps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#maps</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/mapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mapping</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/cartography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cartography</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#geopolitics</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GulfOfMexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GulfOfMexico</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GulfOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GulfOfAmerica</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NorthAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NorthAmerica</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/placenames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#placenames</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/nomenclature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nomenclature</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/geography" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@geography</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/geopolitics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@geopolitics</a>

Evan Centanni (PolGeoNow)<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GulfOfMexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GulfOfMexico</a> or <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GulfOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GulfOfAmerica</a>? Competitive renaming of seawater is actually already a thing in <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#geopolitics</a>: See Arabian / <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PersianGulf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PersianGulf</a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SeaOfJapan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SeaOfJapan</a> / <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EastSea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EastSea</a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SouthChinaSea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SouthChinaSea</a> / <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WestPhilippineSea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WestPhilippineSea</a>. But it implies the country doing the renaming feels threatened by equal or more powerful neighbor. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/geography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#geography</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/hydrology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hydrology</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/maritime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#maritime</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/nautical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nautical</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ocean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ocean</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/toponymy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#toponymy</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/placenames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#placenames</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/naming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#naming</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/geography" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@geography</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/geopolitics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@geopolitics</a>

Evan Centanni (PolGeoNow)In interesting show of restraint, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USA</a> president's order to change "<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GulfOfMexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GulfOfMexico</a>" to "<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GulfOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GulfOfAmerica</a>" on govt maps seems to specify that only the part under US jurisdiction is being renamed.(Order also renames "<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Denali" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Denali</a>" back to "<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MountMcKinley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MountMcKinley</a>")<a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/restoring-names-that-honor-american-greatness/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/restoring-names-that-honor-american-greatness/</a><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/toponymy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#toponymy</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/geography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#geography</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/mapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mapping</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/hydrology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hydrology</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UNCLOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UNCLOS</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/maritime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#maritime</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/names" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#names</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#policy</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/geography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#geography</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GIS</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/placenames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#placenames</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Alaska" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Alaska</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GulfCoast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GulfCoast</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/nautical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nautical</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/hydrology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hydrology</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GNIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GNIS</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/geography" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@geography</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/geopolitics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@geopolitics</a>

Evan Centanni (PolGeoNow)<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USA</a> president says he'll rename <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GulfOfMexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GulfOfMexico</a> to "<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GulfOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GulfOfAmerica</a>". He could succeed at making US govt workers call it that, but other countries would likely ignore it...and it's not the first time it's been suggested. <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-claims-hell-rename-gulf-mexico-gulf-america/story?id=117423165" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-claims-hell-rename-gulf-mexico-gulf-america/story?id=117423165</a><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/toponymy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#toponymy</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/geography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#geography</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/mapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mapping</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AtlanticOcean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AtlanticOcean</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/geography" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@geography</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/geopolitics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@geopolitics</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/oceanography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#oceanography</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/placenames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#placenames</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Americas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Americas</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Caribbean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Caribbean</a>

Ciarán FerrieUrban place in a small town in Ireland.The Green...🤔 <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/UrbanDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UrbanDesign</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Placenames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Placenames</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Placemaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Placemaking</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/motonormativity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#motonormativity</a>

Bruce MacDonaldNowthen. <a href="https://www.mprnews.org/story/2024/10/04/a-strong-geomagnetic-storm-is-set-to-illuminate-the-night-sky" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.mprnews.org/story/2024/10/04/a-strong-geomagnetic-storm-is-set-to-illuminate-the-night-sky</a><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/aurora" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#aurora</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Minnesota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Minnesota</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/PlaceNames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PlaceNames</a>

Vivienne DunstanNow looking through Selkirk Presbytery records (freely available online at ScotlandsPeople.gov.uk). And marvelling at one 1715 spelling of Buccleuch. So much more interesting! <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Scots</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ScotsLeid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ScotsLeid</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Palaeography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Palaeography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ScottishHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ScottishHistory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ScottishBorders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ScottishBorders</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ChurchCourts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ChurchCourts</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/18thCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#18thCentury</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/EighteenthCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EighteenthCentury</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Scotland</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#History</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Handwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Handwriting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/PlaceNames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PlaceNames</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/DukeOfBuccleuch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DukeOfBuccleuch</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Buccleuch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Buccleuch</a>

Mhairi<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Scottish</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Placenames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Placenames</a> does anyone know what Struie means ?

Morgan Fletcher :vbike:There is some racist language in the place names below. The article is from 1892. - MF "Contra Costa was the original name of a little settlement on the bank of the estuary of San Antonio, a cluster of houses on the grant to Don Luis Maria Peralta, the most magnificent estate ever owned by one man in California."STICKING LABELS ON TOWNS. - A Queer Mixture of Languages in Alameda County Names. - SPANISH, INDIAN, ENGLISH AND IMPROPRIETY. - The San Francisco Examiner Sun, Jun 19, 1892 ·Page 10 <a href="https://fastestslowguy.blogspot.com/2024/09/sticking-labels-on-towns-queer-mixture.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://fastestslowguy.blogspot.com/2024/09/sticking-labels-on-towns-queer-mixture.html</a><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/AlamedaCounty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AlamedaCounty</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#history</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ContraCostaCounty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ContraCostaCounty</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Oakland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Oakland</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ContraCosta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ContraCosta</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Alameda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Alameda</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/placenames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#placenames</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/CaliforniaHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CaliforniaHistory</a>

Martin RundkvistFunny thing about American <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fantasy</a> novels and games: the *place names* are often clearly American colonial, even in a pseudo-Medieval European setting. You'll arrive at this village threatened by goblin raiders, and it's named Burton's Freehold. Aha, right. This is a re-skinned Western movie.<a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/ttrpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ttrpg</a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/placenames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#placenames</a>

Seonaidh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Obh, obh...Thuirt BBC Scotland an-dràsta, Tomatin mar tom-a-tin...Ciamar a tha e cho doirbh do luchd a' BhBC ar n-ainmean-àite a ràdh gu ceart.BBC Scotland unable to pronounce Tomatin.<a href="https://birdsite.wilde.cloud/users/bbcscotlandnews" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bbcscotlandnews</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/G%C3%A0idhlig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gàidhlig</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Gaelic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gaelic</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/MastoDaoine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MastoDaoine</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Scotland</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/BBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BBC</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/languages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#languages</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/PlaceNames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PlaceNames</a><a href="https://www.ainmean-aite.scot/gd/#" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.ainmean-aite.scot/gd/#</a>

dgplacenamesOur new project 'Ainmean Charraige/Carrick Names' is in full swing. Please spread the word, follow us on FB, and - if you're available on 14 Sept - come along to our conference on 'Carrick's Gaelic Heritage'. FB: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/954532863061564" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/groups/954532863061564</a> Conference: <a href="https://www.tickettailor.com/events/ainmeancharraigecarricknames/1196776/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.tickettailor.com/events/ainmeancharraigecarricknames/1196776/</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#scotland</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ayrshire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ayrshire</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/placenames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#placenames</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/toponymy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#toponymy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#history</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gaelic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gaelic</a>

Evan Centanni (PolGeoNow)New: Your Complete Guide to <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Turkey</a>'s 2021-2022 Name Change. A plain English explainer on what happened and why, how it started, and how it's going. Full article (free): <a href="https://www.polgeonow.com/2024/04/turkey-name-change-to-turkiye.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.polgeonow.com/2024/04/turkey-name-change-to-turkiye.html</a><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/geography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#geography</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/geographyteacher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#geographyteacher</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/placenames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#placenames</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/namechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#namechange</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/toponymy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#toponymy</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#geopolitics</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Turkiye" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Turkiye</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Europe</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Asia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Asia</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/geography" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@geography</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/geopolitics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@geopolitics</a>

Stan CareyOn the ridge from Benlettery to Bengower in Connemara. A good Sunday hike, and we dodged the showers until the home stretchThe anglicized names obscure the natural Irish ones: Binn Leitrí is "peak of the wet hillsides"; Binn Gabhar is "goats' peak"<a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/hiking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hiking</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Connemara" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Connemara</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/mountains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mountains</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/outdoors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#outdoors</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Galway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Galway</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ireland</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/landscape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#landscape</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Irish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Irish</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/placenames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#placenames</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a>

Robin WilsonEver wondered about UK place names? My new web app lets you search place names (starting with 'south', ending with 'burgh', containing 'sea' etc) and plot them on a map - and then share those maps with friends.Have a look at <a href="https://placenames.rtwilson.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://placenames.rtwilson.com/</a>, or try one of the examples, like this map of different suffixes: <a href="https://placenames.rtwilson.com/#W3sidGV4dCI6ImJ1cmdoIiwiY29sb3IiOiIjZTMxYTFjIiwiY2hlY2tlZCI6dHJ1ZSwibWF0Y2hUeXBlIjoiZW5kc3dpdGgifSx7InRleHQiOiJoYW1wdG9uIiwiY29sb3IiOiIjMWY3OGI0IiwiY2hlY2tlZCI6dHJ1ZSwibWF0Y2hUeXBlIjoiZW5kc3dpdGgifSx7InRleHQiOiJiYWNoIiwiY29sb3IiOiIjMzNhMDJjIiwiY2hlY2tlZCI6dHJ1ZSwibWF0Y2hUeXBlIjoiZW5kc3dpdGgifV0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://placenames.rtwilson.com/#W3sidGV4dCI6ImJ1cmdoIiwiY29sb3IiOiIjZTMxYTFjIiwiY2hlY2tlZCI6dHJ1ZSwibWF0Y2hUeXBlIjoiZW5kc3dpdGgifSx7InRleHQiOiJoYW1wdG9uIiwiY29sb3IiOiIjMWY3OGI0IiwiY2hlY2tlZCI6dHJ1ZSwibWF0Y2hUeXBlIjoiZW5kc3dpdGgifSx7InRleHQiOiJiYWNoIiwiY29sb3IiOiIjMzNhMDJjIiwiY2hlY2tlZCI6dHJ1ZSwibWF0Y2hUeXBlIjoiZW5kc3dpdGgifV0</a>=<a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/GIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GIS</a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/geospatial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#geospatial</a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UK</a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/placenames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#placenames</a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/mapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mapping</a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/gischat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gischat</a>

💧🌏 Greg CocksToponymy – The Study Of Place Names -- <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toponymy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toponymy</a> <-- wiki page -- <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toponymy_of_England" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toponymy_of_England</a> <-- wiki, toponymy of England -- <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celtic_toponymy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celtic_toponymy</a> <-- wiki, Celtic toponymy -- <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/GIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GIS</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/spatial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spatial</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/mapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mapping</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/geography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#geography</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/placenames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#placenames</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/placename" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#placename</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/toponymy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#toponymy</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/propernames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#propernames</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/study" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#study</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#history</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/historicmaps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#historicmaps</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/origin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#origin</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/lingustics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lingustics</a>

Seonaidh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Eadar Dhà Dhobhar - Between two waters.The Edradour Distillery, sitting on the Allt Dobhair, Perthshire.<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/G%C3%A0idhlig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gàidhlig</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Gaelic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gaelic</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Scotland</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/WhiskyWednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WhiskyWednesday</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Whisky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Whisky</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Placenames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Placenames</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Perthshire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Perthshire</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/MastoDaoine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MastoDaoine</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scotch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Scotch</a>

Rob HadleyIn my ongoing quest to provide something more uplifting to <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/StartTheDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StartTheDay</a> than the day's news here's a look at British place names.<a href="https://youtu.be/uYNzqgU7na4?si=wByJAdII2CtTT56s" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/uYNzqgU7na4?si=wByJAdII2CtTT56s</a><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/StartTheDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StartTheDay</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/placenames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#placenames</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GreatBritain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GreatBritain</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/England" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#England</a>

Chris Bond#461 O.J. Padel - A Popular Dictionary of Cornish Place-Names. Alison Hodge Publishers, Penzance, 1988, 1st edition. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OJPadel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OJPadel</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AlisonHodge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AlisonHodge</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Cornwall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cornwall</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PlaceNames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PlaceNames</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Toponymy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Toponymy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BookOfTheDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BookOfTheDay</a>

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