Religious Place Names

Picket Wire, Arizona, United States: from “purgatoire,” French for “purgatory.”

Kilkeel, Ireland: The Irish name is Cill Chaoil, meaning “church of the narrow place.”

Omagh, Northern Ireland:  The Irish name is Ar Omaigh, meaning “the sacred (or virgin) plain.”

Pernik, Bulgaria:  Perun (an ancient Slavic deity) plus “nik,” a place name suffix.

Wodensborough, Kent, England:  From Odin, the Norse father god, plus Old English “bury/burh,” meaning “fort.”