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Oakington - Oakington is a village in Cambridgeshire, England.



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Port Roberts, Washington

A city on a small peninsula of land attached to Canada. Rumored to be the city with the highest concentration of people in the Federal Witness Protection Program.



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Queensland, Australia



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Robber's Roost

An outlaw hideout in Utah used by Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch.



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Tryfan - Tryfan is a mountain in the Ogwen Valley, Snowdonia, Wales.



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Uruguay



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Valley - Valley is a village near Holyhead on the west coast of Anglesey, North Wales.



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Xavier Street - There is a Xavier Street in Sloan Lake, Denver City, Denver, Colorado, United States.



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Yyteri, Finland. (The only know geographical name to start with a double Y.)


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Krabo wrote:
Yyteri, Finland. (The only know geographical name to start with a double Y.)


How is it pronounced?


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Zipangu

(What Japan was known as in the Middle Ages).



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Bras d'or Lake - Bras d'or Lake is an inland sea, or large body of partially fresh/salt water in the centre of Cape Breton Island in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada.



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naturalplastic wrote:
Krabo wrote:
Yyteri, Finland. (The only know geographical name to start with a double Y.)


How is it pronounced?


The Finnish vowel Y is almost identical to the French U, as in "cul-de-sac". Then just make it a little longer for the "Yy."


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Chelsea, NYC