Noticed how The Alameda becomes Martin Luther King Jr. Way in the middle of the 1200 block. No territorial lines crossed, just a street sign to mark the transition with both sides in Berkeley. Doesn't even face traffic; it's parallel to the street. Odd they didn't extend the MLK designation to the north.

#onomastics #toponyms #Berkeley #SanFranciscoBayArea #SFBayArea #MLK

Since Monday, the #PleiadesGazetteer editorial college has published 21 new and 50 updated place resources, reflecting the work of 9 people. The usual Monday blog post will summarize a full week's worth of such work, but meantime here's a #SneakPeek at one user's contributions over the past few months (and continuing). Since joining the Pleiades team in 2025, Enes Yılandiloğlu has provided 488 new name entries for existing place resources (mostly in Ottoman Turkish, modern Turkish, and pre-19th century English), as well as 9 entirely new place resources.

Names: https://pleiades.stoa.org/search?Creator=enesy&portal_type%3Alist=Name&review_state%3Alist=published

Places: https://pleiades.stoa.org/search?Creator=enesy&portal_type%3Alist=Place&review_state%3Alist=published

#ancientGeography #ancientHistory #archaeology #DH #gazetteers #HGIS #toponyms

RE: https://mementomori.social/@juergen_hubert/115882963221105371

if anyone wants me i'll be at the Three Cheese Cliffs… #Dreikäseklippen #folklore #PlaceNames #toponyms

@Larhanya @sidereal @offby1 @cazabon

Interestingly, for a few years in its youth it was the done thing on #Uncyclopaedia to play around with names for Canada, including Canadia and Canadiania. The latter being inhabited by Canadianians, of course.

#Canada #demonyms #toponyms

#30DayMapChallenge 2025 day 1: points

Inspired by my stay in Maastricht performing Carl Orff's #CarminaBurana with Brabant Koor & the Jussen Brothers.

Today’s map shows Dutch place names ending in -tricht, -drecht, -trecht—derived from Latin Trajectum, meaning river crossing. #toponyms

Maastricht = Mosa Trajectum.

Made with #QGIS #OpenStreetMap and #vectortiles from @maptiler.bsky.social

🎟️ Still tickets for the amazing concerts weekend: https://jussenmaastricht.nl/

Censor Mayonnaise Jingles – Ep. 60

In which we Censor Mayonnaise Jingles, tut at grave-robbers, locate hats, hunt the snark in a poem, and try to translate backwards.

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https://offgrid.tlmb.net/2025/09/28/censor-mayonnaise-jingles-ep-60/

@girlbandgeek

Interesting article.

https://www.sfgate.com/california/article/divide-california-nickname-cali-20769494.php?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

What are your thoughts on "Cali"?

While you're at it, tell us your feelings about "Frisco", "San Fran", and "SF".

#California #Cali #Toponyms #AmericanEnglish #SanFrancisco #SanFran #Frisco #SF #CalifornianEnglish