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palindromic
A palindrome is a word, number, phrase, or other sequence of symbols that reads the same backwards as forwards, such as the words ''madam'' or ''racecar'', the date and time ''11/11/11 11:11,'' and the sentence: "A man, a plan, a canal – Pana ...
place is a city or town whose name can be read the same forwards or backwards. An example of this would be
Navan
Navan ( ; , meaning "the Cave") is the county town of County Meath, Ireland. In 2016, it had a population of 30,173, making it the tenth largest settlement in Ireland. It is at the confluence of the River Boyne and Blackwater, around 50&nb ...
in Ireland. Some of the entries on this list are only palindromic if the next administrative division they are a part of is also included in the name, such as
Adaven, Nevada.
Issues
Because the names here come from a variety of languages, several issues arise.
Unbalanced diacritics
Diacritics are marks placed on or near letters to give them a modified pronunciation. Some languages treat such as completely different letters; others treat them as variants of the base letter. The latter group is summarized
here
Here is an adverb that means "in, on, or at this place". It may also refer to:
Software
* Here Technologies, a mapping company
* Here WeGo (formerly Here Maps), a mobile app and map website by Here Technologies, Here
Television
* Here TV (form ...
. Only place names where the language of the country is in the latter group are included here when diacritics make for an apparent non-palindrome.
Turkic vowels
Some Turkic languages (Turkish, Azerbaijan, Kazakh) have two or more vowels that resemble the I. They are differentiated by the number of dots above the letter: zero, one, or two. These dots appear on both lower and upper case letters. For places in Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Kazakhstan, only those vowels that have the same number of dots will be considered equal here.
ʻOkina in Polynesian languages
The
ʻokina is a consonant found in several Polynesian languages. It is pronounced as a glottal stop and is often represented by an apostrophe when the correct character ʻ is not available. Because English wordplay generally ignores apostrophes, it is common to ignore ʻokinas in deciding whether a Polynesian name is a palindrome. However, this list does not follow that rule. Unbalanced ʻokinas will not be found in this list. However that rule has not been applied consistently to the Arabic
hamza, which also represents a glottal stop.
Palindromic place names
Palindromatic place names in the Latin alphabet are:
12 letters
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Adaven, Nevada, United States
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Adanac, Canada (Nipissing District, Ontario)
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Adanac, Canada (Parry Sound District, Ontario)
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Adanac, Canada (Saskatchewan)
11 letters
*Wassamassaw, South Carolina, United States (with several variant spellings during the colonial era)
10 letters
*Saxet, Texas (United States)
9 letters
*Ellemelle, Belgium
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Kanakanak, Alaska, United States
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Kinikinik, Alberta, Canada
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Kinikinik, Colorado, United States
*Oktahatko, Florida, United States
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Paraparap, Victoria
Paraparap is a rural locality in the Surf Coast Shire, Victoria
Victoria most commonly refers to:
* Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia
* Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada
* ...
, Australia
8 letters
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Burggrub, Germany
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Idappadi
Edappadi (also spelt Edappadi or Idappadi) is a municipality in Salem district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Edappadi was once known for its thriving power loom industry. The economy is diversified by agriculture, heavy truck transport, g ...
, Tamil Nadu, India
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Nari, Iran (Razavi Khorasan)
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Nari, Iran (Dul Rural District, Urmia County, West Azerbaijan)
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Nari, Iran (Silvaneh District, Urmia County, West Azerbaijan)
7 letters
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Abiriba
Abiriba pronounced E`biriba`/is an ancient Enuda kingdom in Abia State, in southeastern Nigeria, traditionally an Igbo speaking region. It is in the Ohafia local government area.
History
The origin of the Abiriba people is not as speculati ...
, Nigeria
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Acaiaca, Brazil
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Akasaka, Japan (Okayama)
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Akasaka, Japan (Tokyo)
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Alavala
Alavala is a village in Palnadu district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located in Rompicherla mandal of Narasaraopet revenue division.
Government and politics
Alavala gram panchayat is the local self-government of the village. ...
, Andhra Pradesh, India
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Aramara, Australia
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Ateleta
Ateleta is a ''comune'' and town in the province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region of central-southern Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located ...
, Italy (L'Aquila)
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Aworowa
Aworowa is a town in the Bono East Region of Ghana. The town is known for the Aworowa Secondary Technical School. The school is a second cycle
The second (symbol: s) is the unit of time in the International System of Units (SI), historic ...
, Ghana
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Ebenebe
Ebenebe (English: Places and Places) is a town in the Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra State, Nigeria. The town has an estimated population of 45,897 according to the 2006 Nigerian Census. Ebenebe is made up of eight villages, each of ...
, Anambra, Nigeria
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Etsaste
Etsaste is a village in Nõo Parish, Tartu County in eastern Estonia
Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, ...
, Estonia
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Glenelg, Highland, Scotland
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Glenelg, South Australia, Australia
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Glenelg, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Glenelg, Maryland, United States
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Ikazaki, Ehime, Japan
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Itamati
Itamati is a village located in Nayagarh district of Odisha, India. It is 6 km from Nayagarh Town. Itamati is known as the major business centre of Nayagarh, Also known as the second largest village of Odisha.
Demographics
As of 2011 I ...
, Odisha, India
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Margram
Margarm is a village and gram panchayat in Rampurhat II CD Block in Rampurhat subdivision of Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography
Police station
Margarm police station has jurisdiction over Rampurhat II CD Block.
CD b ...
, West Bengal, India
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Noagaon, Bangladesh
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Neuquén
Neuquén (; arn, Nehuenken) is the capital city of the Argentine province of Neuquén and of the Confluencia Department, located in the east of the province. It occupies a strip of land west of the confluence of the Limay and Neuquén river ...
, Argentina
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Okonoko, West Virginia, United States
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Planalp, Switzerland
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Qaanaaq
Qaanaaq (), formerly known as Thule or New Thule, is the main town in the northern part of the Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. It is one of the northernmost towns in the world. The inhabitants of Qaanaaq speak the local Inukt ...
, Greenland
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Senones
The Senones or Senonii (Gaulish: "the ancient ones") were an ancient Gallic tribe dwelling in the Seine basin, around present-day Sens, during the Iron Age and the Roman period.
Part of the Senones settled in the Italian peninsula, where they ...
, Vosges, France
*Ubulubu, Delta State, Nigeria
6 letters
5 letters
4 letters
3 letters
2 letters
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Aa, Estonia
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Ee, Netherlands
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Ii, Finland
1 letter
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A, Japan
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Å, Andøy
Å is a village in Andøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The village is located on the east coast of the island of Andøya along the Andfjorden. The village of Dverberg lies about to the north and the village of Åse lies about to t ...
, Norway
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Å, Moskenes
Å (, from ''å'' meaning "stream") is a village in Moskenes Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located about southwest of the village of Sørvågen, Moskenes, Sørvågen on the island of Moskenesøya, towards the southern end of the ...
, Norway
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Å, Meldal
Å or Å Sentrum is a village in the municipality of Orkland in Trøndelag county, Norway. It lies along the Orkla River, about north of the border with the municipality of Rennebu.
Å, has the postal address 7335 Jerpstad, to distinguish it f ...
, Norway
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Å, Åfjord
Å is a village in the municipality of Åfjord in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is also called Årnes or Å i Åfjord or just Åfjord. It is the administrative center of the municipality. The village is located at the end of the Åfjor ...
, Norway
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Å, Ibestad
Å is a village in Ibestad Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It is located about east of the town of Harstad on the southwest side of the island of Andørja, along the Bygda strait which goes between the Vågsfjorden and the ...
, Norway
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Å, Lavangen
Å is a village in Lavangen Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The village is located along the northern shore of the Lavangen fjord, about north of the administrative centre of Tennevoll and about east of the town of Harstad ...
, Norway
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Å, Tranøy
Å is a village in Senja Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The village is home to 132 residents (2001). The village is about across the Vågsfjorden from the city of Harstad. There is a daycare in Å, the school, church, and ...
, Norway
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Å, Sweden
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Ö, Sweden
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U, Pohnpei
U, also written Uh, is one of the administrative divisions of Pohnpei State, Federated States of Micronesia. U bears the shortest place name in the Federated States of Micronesia, and one of the shortest in the world.
Description
U is one of the ...
, Federated States Of Micronesia
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W National Park
The W National Park (french: Parc national du W) or W Regional Park (french: W du Niger, links=no) is a major national park in West Africa around a meander in the River Niger shaped like the letter W (french: double v, links=no). The park includ ...
, Burkina Faso
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Y, France
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Y, Alaska, United States
Palindromes that include abbreviations
Some place names make a palindrome when they include the abbreviation of the state or province they are in.
8 letters
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Apollo PA (Pennsylvania, United States)
7 letters
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Omaha MO (Missouri, United States)
6 letters
* Linn IL (variant name of Orio, Illinois, United States)
5 letters
* Lis IL (Illinois, United States)
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Roy OR (Oregon, United States)
See also
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Palindrome
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Anagram
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Palindroma
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List of geographic anagrams and ananyms
These are geographic anagrams and anadromes. Anagrams are rearrangements of the letters of another name or word. Anadromes (also called reversals or ananyms) are other names or words spelled backwards. Technically, a reversal is also an anagram, ...
Sources
{{Reflist
GotoEuro InformationCity Name Database
(at nona.net)
*I Love Me, Vol. I, Palindrome Encyclopedia, Michael Donner, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1996
Geographic Names Information ServiceCanadian Geographic Names Data basestore/MapMarker
Palindromes
Palindromic
A palindrome is a word, number, phrase, or other sequence of symbols that reads the same backwards as forwards, such as the words ''madam'' or ''racecar'', the date and time ''11/11/11 11:11,'' and the sentence: "A man, a plan, a canal – Pana ...