It’s wildly incorrect for Sweden. There are 1194 place names called “Fridhem” in the [Swedish place name registry](https://ortnamn.lantmateriet.se/). 978 placenames called “Nybygget”, 587 placenames called “Abbortjärn”.
Only 276 place names called “Berg” and 130 place names called “Ekeby”.
EDIT: Fixed link.
fairloughair on
So Yugoslavia had 44 Novo Selos, maybe even some more if there is one in Slovenia
GhostPantherNiall on
Between settlements, bays and lochs Scotland has more Tarberts than those 13 Suttons in England and Wales.
N81LR on
So the one for the UK is all in England bar one in Wales, 0 in Scotland and 0 in Northern Ireland.
wannabeyesname on
In Hungary by law there are no 2 places with the same name. Every “Szőlőhegy” is just part of a town/village. And there are far more places called Szőlőhegy than 3.
eurostanies on
I thought Belgium would be Gem since alot of small towns in Flanders end with gem
CptMachiavelli on
Turkey’s most common place name, “yeniköy”, means “new village” in English, I copied and translated Greece’s (νεοχώρι) and it was translated into Turkish as “yeniköy”. Can a Greek person confirm this ?
TywinDeVillena on
In Spain it should be Villanueva. There are some 170 places caled Villanueva / Villanueva de […] / Villanueva-[…]
Zoloch on
In Spain, I can count 9 towns called Cervera (I’m sure there are more). That’s many more than the 3 times each of the many towns in the map have
drLoveF on
What counts as a place? Pretty sure we have dozens of ”Lund” and similar out in the countryside.
OmniFobia on
The spread in Belgium is very interesting. Almost all the places named “Mont” are located in the East Cantons (German speaking community in Belgium)
Top-Currency on
Man that must be confusing if you live in Erpeldange, Luxembourg.
Bluebird-Kitchen on
Lmao
Bad-Monk on
Belgium is being a little too aspirational there ey
PresidentZeus on
12 places in Norway are named Å
Stepanek740 on
poland, czechia, kosovo for some reason and macedonia all just use new village, and then slovenia with their “lower village”
Class_444_SWR on
Turkey really needs new material.
Props to Spain for relative originality
umpfke on
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stevenalbright on
Turkish Yeniköy and Greece Neochori having the exact same meaning is another proof that Greece is just Western Turkey and Turkey is just Eastern Greece.
Imagine the two countries merged into one in Belgium style. I mean it’ll never happen, It’s not even open to negotiation because both our people and politicians are fuckheads. But still it’s an interesting subject to imagine.
45711Host on
I’m somewhat impressed that there can be 3 towns in Luxembourg let alone 3 with the same name.
CitizenOfTheWorld42 on
“Novoselle” on “Kosovo” even with that funny spelling sounds like Slavic. Oh wait…
Drunken_Dave on
I am pretty sure the part about Hungary is wrong. I am a Hungarian living in Hungary and I never heard of a city, town or village named Szőlőhegy. I have just checked the list of the settlements of Hungary on Wikipedia and no Szőlőhegy either.
BTW, szőlő-hegy means grape-hill, and simply designates a hill (even a very low one) used for viticulture. There are a lot of them (much more than 3), but as far as I know no settlement with that name. There are “districts” / parts of settlements named as such, but that do not fit what this map is supposed to show.
And to add another layer to this: there was an administration reform in Hungary, where they made sure that there are no two settlements with the exact same name. They simply attached regional tags to differentiate. For example in the Jászság (the area where the Jász tribe of Alans was settled when they took refuge in Hungary from the Mongols) all Jász settlements start their name with the tag “Jász”, but that was not this way originally of course. Just in Jászság there are two villages named after Szent György (Saint George) and there are many more in the country, but they all have their differentiating tags now.
McSuckelaer on
There are at least 17 towns called “Zevenhuizen” in The Netherlands. This map is innacurate .
Serdna379 on
At least about Estonia it’s wrong. In Estonia there are at least 4 places called Sõmeru.
Monkeymonkeymonkey89 on
Forgot Castletown in mayo
vladgrinch on
Satu Nou (Romanian) means New Village.
In my area of Romania we have Satu Nou de Sus (Upper New Village) and Satu Nou de Jos (Lower New Village), but also Satulung (Long Village).
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Slavs and their new villages
There are 109 Ivanivka in Ukraine.
It’s wildly incorrect for Sweden. There are 1194 place names called “Fridhem” in the [Swedish place name registry](https://ortnamn.lantmateriet.se/). 978 placenames called “Nybygget”, 587 placenames called “Abbortjärn”.
Only 276 place names called “Berg” and 130 place names called “Ekeby”.
EDIT: Fixed link.
So Yugoslavia had 44 Novo Selos, maybe even some more if there is one in Slovenia
Between settlements, bays and lochs Scotland has more Tarberts than those 13 Suttons in England and Wales.
So the one for the UK is all in England bar one in Wales, 0 in Scotland and 0 in Northern Ireland.
In Hungary by law there are no 2 places with the same name. Every “Szőlőhegy” is just part of a town/village. And there are far more places called Szőlőhegy than 3.
I thought Belgium would be Gem since alot of small towns in Flanders end with gem
Turkey’s most common place name, “yeniköy”, means “new village” in English, I copied and translated Greece’s (νεοχώρι) and it was translated into Turkish as “yeniköy”. Can a Greek person confirm this ?
In Spain it should be Villanueva. There are some 170 places caled Villanueva / Villanueva de […] / Villanueva-[…]
In Spain, I can count 9 towns called Cervera (I’m sure there are more). That’s many more than the 3 times each of the many towns in the map have
What counts as a place? Pretty sure we have dozens of ”Lund” and similar out in the countryside.
The spread in Belgium is very interesting. Almost all the places named “Mont” are located in the East Cantons (German speaking community in Belgium)
Man that must be confusing if you live in Erpeldange, Luxembourg.
Lmao
Belgium is being a little too aspirational there ey
12 places in Norway are named Å
poland, czechia, kosovo for some reason and macedonia all just use new village, and then slovenia with their “lower village”
Turkey really needs new material.
Props to Spain for relative originality
More PIXELS
Turkish Yeniköy and Greece Neochori having the exact same meaning is another proof that Greece is just Western Turkey and Turkey is just Eastern Greece.
Imagine the two countries merged into one in Belgium style. I mean it’ll never happen, It’s not even open to negotiation because both our people and politicians are fuckheads. But still it’s an interesting subject to imagine.
I’m somewhat impressed that there can be 3 towns in Luxembourg let alone 3 with the same name.
“Novoselle” on “Kosovo” even with that funny spelling sounds like Slavic. Oh wait…
I am pretty sure the part about Hungary is wrong. I am a Hungarian living in Hungary and I never heard of a city, town or village named Szőlőhegy. I have just checked the list of the settlements of Hungary on Wikipedia and no Szőlőhegy either.
BTW, szőlő-hegy means grape-hill, and simply designates a hill (even a very low one) used for viticulture. There are a lot of them (much more than 3), but as far as I know no settlement with that name. There are “districts” / parts of settlements named as such, but that do not fit what this map is supposed to show.
And to add another layer to this: there was an administration reform in Hungary, where they made sure that there are no two settlements with the exact same name. They simply attached regional tags to differentiate. For example in the Jászság (the area where the Jász tribe of Alans was settled when they took refuge in Hungary from the Mongols) all Jász settlements start their name with the tag “Jász”, but that was not this way originally of course. Just in Jászság there are two villages named after Szent György (Saint George) and there are many more in the country, but they all have their differentiating tags now.
There are at least 17 towns called “Zevenhuizen” in The Netherlands. This map is innacurate .
At least about Estonia it’s wrong. In Estonia there are at least 4 places called Sõmeru.
Forgot Castletown in mayo
Satu Nou (Romanian) means New Village.
In my area of Romania we have Satu Nou de Sus (Upper New Village) and Satu Nou de Jos (Lower New Village), but also Satulung (Long Village).