Prace Duże, Poland
September 11th, 2007 / / Links: Google Earth, Google Maps, Yahoo! Maps, Virtual Earth / Nearest placesShare This
Prace Duże - small village in Poland. Funny name - Prace Duże means Great Works.
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Ulica Wilków Morskich, ÅwinoujÅcie, Poland
April 2nd, 2007 / / Links: Google Earth, Google Maps, Yahoo! Maps, Virtual Earth / Nearest placesShare This
Ulica Wilków Morskich - this name sounds funny only in Polish (sorry I can't translate it into English).
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JÄczydóÅ, Poland
March 31st, 2007 / / Links: Google Earth, Google Maps, Yahoo! Maps, Virtual Earth / Nearest placesShare This
JÄczydóŠsmall village in Poland.
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Qyzylorda - a city in Kazakhstan
March 17th, 2007 / / Links: Google Earth, Google Maps, Yahoo! Maps, Virtual Earth / Nearest placesShare This
Qyzylorda (formerly Kyzyl-Orda) is a city in Kazakhstan, capital of Qyzylorda Province. The city has a population of 157, census).
Qyzylorda was founded in 1820 as a Kokand fortress of Ak-Mechet (also spelt Aq Masjid, Aq Mechet). Yaqub Beg was the fort's commander until it was taken by the Rusisan troops of General Vasily Alekseevich Perovsky in 1853.
The Russians renamed the fort Fort Perovsky. Since 1867, it was city of Perovsk; since 1920, Ak-Mechet again.
In 1925, the city became Kyzyl-Orda, from Kazakh qyzyl 'red' and orda 'army', 'capital city' (compare horde, Urdu).
The city has a sister city relationship with Arvada, Colorado, USA according to Sister Cities International.
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Frog roundabout, Warsaw, Poland
March 15th, 2007 / / Links: Google Earth, Google Maps, Yahoo! Maps, Virtual Earth / Nearest placesShare This
Rondo Żaba - means Frog Roundabout
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