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.”
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