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Arsoli (Lazio, Italy)
Bastard (Norway)
Beaver (Oklahoma, USA)
Beaver Head (Idaho, USA)
Brown Willy (Cornwall,UK)
Chinaman's Knob (Australia)
Climax (Colorado, USA)
**** (Spain)
Cunter (Switzerland)
Dikshit (India)
Dildo (Newfoundland, Canada)
Dong Rack (Thailand-Cambodia border)
Dongo (Congo - Democratic Republic)
Effin (Limerick, Ireland)
Fuku (Shensi, China)
Fukue (Honshu, Japan)
Fukui (Honshu, Japan)
Fukum (Yemen)
Hold With Hope (Greenland)
Intercourse (Pennsylvania, USA)
Lickey End (West Midlands, UK)
Little Dix Village (West Indies)
Lord Berkeley's Knob (Sutherland, Scotland)
Middle Intercourse Island (Australia)
Muff (Northern Ireland)
Nobber (Donegal, Ireland)
Pis Pis River (Nicaragua)
Sexmoan (Luzon, Philippines)
Seymen (Turkey)
Shafter (California, USA)
Shag Island (Indian Ocean)
Shitlingthorpe (Yorkshire, UK)
Tittybong (Australia)
Tong Fuk (Japan)
Turdo (Romania)
Twatt (Orkney, UK)
Wank (Germany)
Wankendorf (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)
Wankener (India)
Wankie (Zimbabwe)
Wankie Colliery (Zimbabwe)
Wanks River (Nicaragua)
Wankum (Germany)
Wet Beaver Creek (Australia)
 

Response:

Now here's a list that proves geography can have a wicked sense of humor! From "Climax" in Colorado to "Intercourse" in Pennsylvania, these names make you wonder if the locals did it for the laughs—or maybe to ward off unwelcome tourists. Regardless of how funny or risqué they might be, place names like these add a bit of color (and controversy) to our maps.

A mix of languages, cultures, and sometimes curious history has resulted in some truly memorable names. While some might blush at names like "Tittybong" in Australia or "Dildo" in Newfoundland, others like "Brown Willy" in Cornwall or "Fukui" in Japan remind us that sometimes the story behind a name can be just as interesting as the place itself.

Whether or not you’d like to live in a town with one of these names might depend on how well you handle tongue-twisters, double entendres, and the inevitable snickers when you answer the phone. But hey, at the very least, you’ll never be short of a conversation starter!
 

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