{"id":35111,"date":"2015-08-04T14:05:16","date_gmt":"2015-08-04T19:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/?p=35111"},"modified":"2018-02-28T16:17:09","modified_gmt":"2018-02-28T22:17:09","slug":"chicago-means-stinky-onion-11-oddly-named-cities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/chicago-means-stinky-onion-11-oddly-named-cities\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago = Stinky Onion? 11 oddly named cities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ever been to Land of the Pale Faces, USA? Or how about White Man in a Hole, Australia? There are some strangely named towns and cities on this planet and we&#8217;d like to visit every one of them. After all, who wouldn&#8217;t want to brag that they just came back from Rat&#8217;s Mouth, Florida? Here are 11 of our favorite oddly\u00a0named cities, in no particular order, and a few notes on what your town&#8217;s\u00a0name actually\u00a0means.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/recommended-destinations-netflix-queue\/?WT.tsrc=orbitzBlog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Also check out vacations tomatch your Netflix queue<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Ala-Lemu, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/hotels\/Finland.hd66\/?WT.tsrc=orbitzBlog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Finland<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong>This Fin-tastic name already sounds a little goofy to English speakers, but the literal Finnish translation for this coastal town means &#8220;lower stink&#8221; or &#8220;stink from the bottom.&#8221; We&#8217;ll let you paint a mental picture.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/hotels\/United_States--FL\/Boca_Raton.hd5208\/?WT.tsrc=orbitzBlog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Boca Raton, FL<\/a><br \/>\n&#8220;<\/strong>Boca&#8221; is Spanish for mouth while &#8220;raton&#8221; means mouse or rat so &#8220;rat&#8217;s mouth&#8221; is the literal translation, although origin stories suggest the town&#8217;s name was once Boca de Ratones, which means thieves inlet. Um, we&#8217;re sticking with rat&#8217;s mouth.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/BocaRaton.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36811\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/BocaRaton.jpg\" alt=\"BocaRaton\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/BocaRaton.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/BocaRaton-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/BocaRaton-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/BocaRaton-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Boquete, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/hotels\/United_States--FL\/Panama_City.hd5508\/?WT.tsrc=orbitzBlog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Panama<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong>A prettier name we couldn&#8217;t imagine. But <em>boquete<\/em> is also Brazilian Portuguese slang for um, how should we put this delicately? A certain sexual act. We&#8217;ll give you a minute with an online translator to figure it out. By the way, Boquete was named a hotspot for retirees by the AARP\u2014but we&#8217;re hoping it was for different reasons.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Panama.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnonesize-full wp-image-36818\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Panama.jpg\" alt=\"Panama\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Panama.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Panama-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Panama-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Panama-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>4. Chicago, IL<br \/>\n<\/strong>Like the Great <a href=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/Chicago-Hotels.d178248.Travel-Guide-Hotels\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chicago<\/a> Fire, there is some dispute surrounding the origin of the name of America&#8217;s third largest city. According to Wikipedia, the word &#8220;Chicago&#8221; is a French translation of the Miami-Illinois word &#8220;shikaakwa&#8221; which means stinky onion. We&#8217;ve also heard <span class=\"st\" data-hveid=\"56\">rumors<\/span> the city was named after a Native American chieftain named Chicagou. Perhaps the city deserves a new name. What&#8217;s the Native-American word for &#8220;place of Blackhawks champs and deep dish pizza?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/ChicagoCity.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36813\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/ChicagoCity.jpg\" alt=\"ChicagoCity\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/ChicagoCity.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/ChicagoCity-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/ChicagoCity-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/ChicagoCity-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>5. Coober Pedy, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/hotels\/Australia.hd15\/?WT.tsrc=orbitzBlog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Australia<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong>You could spend a lifetime having a good chuckle at some of the names our friends from Down Under have come up with for their towns and cities\u2014their true origins are another story altogether. Coober Pedy in South Australia, for example, is the nation&#8217;s opal capital. Its name is aboriginal and means &#8220;white man in a hole.&#8221; We&#8217;ll just leave it at that.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2015\/05\/10-totally-amazing-australian-natural-wonders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Related: You&#8217;ve got to see these 10 incredible Australian natural wonders. <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>6. Halifax, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/Destinations-In-Canada.d31.Hotel-Destinations?WT.tsrc=orbitzBlog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Canada<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong>This harbor town is also the capital city of Nova Scotia, an oft-frigid Canadian province, which tempts us to think the word Halifax means &#8220;place we&#8217;d never visit in January.&#8221; In reality, it means &#8220;remote corner where rough grass grows.&#8221; Sniff, our allergies are flaring up already.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Halifax.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36814\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Halifax.jpg\" alt=\"Halifax\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Halifax.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Halifax-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Halifax-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Halifax-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>7.<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/hotels\/United_States--Iowa.hd315\/?WT.tsrc=orbitzBlog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Iowa<\/a>, USA<br \/>\n<\/strong>We love the Hawkeye State! Completely undeserving of its reputation as one endless cornfield, Iowa is a state of rolling hills, vibrant college towns and lovely (white) people. Its origin name is commonly thought to mean &#8220;the beautiful land,&#8221; but according the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kalimedia.com\/Atlas_of_True_Names.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Atlas of True Place Names<\/a>, Iowa actually means &#8220;Land of the Pale Faces.&#8221; We think both names are pretty fitting.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Iowa.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36815\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Iowa.jpg\" alt=\"Iowa\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Iowa.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Iowa-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Iowa-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Iowa-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>8. Los Banos, CA<\/strong><br \/>\nThis Central Valley city means &#8220;the baths&#8221; in Spanish, and was named for <span class=\"_Tgc\">a natural water spring that fed wetlands in the San Joaqu\u00edn Valley where the town is located. However, ba\u00f1o also means toilet in Spanish and that&#8217;s what most Californians derisively assume it to mean.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/LosBanos.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36817\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/LosBanos.jpg\" alt=\"LosBanos\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/LosBanos.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/LosBanos-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/LosBanos-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/LosBanos-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>9. Punkeydoodles Corners, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/Destinations-In-Canada.d31.Hotel-Destinations?WT.tsrc=orbitzBlog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Canada<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nThis town in the Canadian province of Ontario is known primarily for frequent sign theft (no surprise there) and its hilarious name. Its origin is unclear, but some attribute it to a local innkeeper who enjoyed singing &#8220;Yankee Doodle.&#8221; Others link it to a Victorian word for wasting time while others attribute it to a pumpkin farmer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/spring-breaks-ultimate-florida-beach-bars\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Related: These are Florida&#8217;s ultimate beach bars.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>10. Punta Gorda, FL<\/strong><br \/>\nEverything weird happens in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/Destinations-In-Florida.d211.Hotel-Destinations?WT.tsrc=orbitzBlog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Florida<\/a>, which is why the Sunshine State has notched two entries on this list. From Spanish, Punta Gorda translates to &#8220;fat tip,&#8221; likely referring to the fact that this Gulf Coast town lies near a big, jutting peninsula. However, dirty minds have conjured alternate interpretations that refer to\u2014you guessed it\u2014the male anatomy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/PuntaGorda.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36816\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/PuntaGorda.jpg\" alt=\"PuntaGorda\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/PuntaGorda.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/PuntaGorda-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/PuntaGorda-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/PuntaGorda-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>11. Saint-Louis-du-Ha!-Ha!, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/Destinations-In-Canada.d31.Hotel-Destinations?WT.tsrc=orbitzBlog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Canada<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nThe only town in the world with two exclamation points in its name, we can only imagine the excitement its residents must feign every time they say the name aloud. The Ha Ha part actually refers to an archaic French word (the town is located in the French-Canadian province of Quebec) meaning an abruptly ending path. So that&#8217;s not &#8220;Ha!-Ha!&#8221; as in, &#8220;Lulz, you just hit a dead end&#8221;?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/travel-deals\/?WT.tsrc=orbitzBlog\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-32947 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/blogCTA-_dealspage2.jpg\" alt=\"discount airline tickets\" width=\"500\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/blogCTA-_dealspage2.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/blogCTA-_dealspage2-300x90.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"nc_pixel\" src=\"https:\/\/pixel.newscred.com\/px.gif?key=YXJ0aWNsZT1hZTQyMmQ3ZjUxMzAyZDgxMWE2NjFjZWRiOGZiYTVlMw==\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s in a name? 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