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Was thinking about city and town names, specifically in terms of naming conventions. It's something you kinda take for granted growing up in it but I was hearing what some Chinese cities/towns translated to a ways back -- literally stuff like sand river town or something -- which made me a big more cognizant regarding names. (And, of course, when I first moved to CT, I also noticed that many of the towns had a "-bury" suffix, which is apparently a derivation of "burg/burgh" meaning tow.)

For instance, Connecticut has a lot of towns with a "-field" suffix in the name -- Bloomfield, Fairfield, Ridgefield, Brookfield, Enfield, Suffield, Mansfield, etc (and then "New" variations -- like New Milford). Basically they're just mildly descriptive names of topography. Ditto for a town we have that's just called Deep River.

And, of course, we have a Watertown, a Waterford, and a Waterbury. Those aren't even terribly descriptive.

Now, if Connecticut was a fantasy kingdom, I imagine it would be criticized for its similar-sounding names being confusing >_> That said, fantasy novels/films/shows only really focus on a handful of significant cities/towns -- generally the largest -- so I guess that might be kinda moot. Granted, in fantasy settings and older history, a lot of things might not necessarily be named at all or would be known by the landowner's name.
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