Real world place names that would make awesome fantasy names

[Clarabell]

Estonia, just because it sounds AWESOME! Best country ever.

Theres an online game with nearly the same name, only spelled Astonia.

 

[Thunderfoot]

Instead of giving a list (because I can't convert it even if I could find the code)... I once had a list of 2,000 names that could be used by players to name their characters, they all came from the Index of the National Geographic World Atlas (dated 1993 at the time).

There are thousands upon thousands of names for both place names and people names. Go to the source and drink full from the fountain, you won't be disappointed.

 

[questing gm]

Cappadocia - an awesome name to an equally awesome place.

 

[Michael Dean]

In the spirit of the "Worst fantasy names in our Real World" thread, how about some names which are just, well, awesome.

Some starters:

Ormskirk: literally "Church of the Dragon" (Lancashire)

The Isle of Foulness. (Essex)

Dunwich. (Suffolk). Yes, it was a real place. Before it fell into the sea. Which makes it more awesome.

Wow, that is too coincidental. I spent the day yesterday drawing a color map of a halfling kingdom. Towards the end I googled English Town names and randomly chose cool sounding names for halfling villages. And Ormskirk was one of my choices.

I also chose "Firth of Forth", "Roseberry Topping", "Grimsby", and "Chipping Norton." They sound like cool places to visit.

 

[Michael Dean]

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I don't know if I posted this right, but here's the map. Ormskirk is in the north west quadrant.

 

[Huw]

I don't know if I posted this right, but here's the map. Ormskirk is in the north west quadrant.

Know what's really scary? I've lived or worked in four of the (real world) places on that map.

 

[Greatwyrm]

Iron Mountain and Crystal Falls are both within a couple hours' drive of me. I gotta use one or both of those in a game someday.

 

[Aloïsius]

There is a lot of cool sounding name in ancient Greece. Places like Arcadia, Thessaly, Aeolis...