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=== Europe ===  
=== Europe ===  


=== Iceland ===  
 
=== === Greenland  & Iceland ===  


=== Mid East ===
=== Mid East ===
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=== Indus, India, Indonesia ===
=== Indus, India, Indonesia ===
* "Indus" is the name for the river that gives the name for India
*'''Indus''' is the name for the river that gives the name for India
** the Indus River is in Pakistan
** the Indus River is in Pakistan
** "indus" = indo-european word for "river
** "indus" = indo-european word for "river
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** "Indonesia" therefore "islands of India"
** "Indonesia" therefore "islands of India"


=== Greenland ===
 
=== United States ===
* '''Accident, MD'''
** early settlement in western Maryland
** a competing survey of property "by accident" made a claim of the other's property
** people from Accident call themselves, "Accidentals"
** source: [[https://digital.whilbr.org/digital/collection/p16715coll6 Pictory History of Accident, Maryland, (WHILBR)]]
* '''Telluride, Co'''
** named for the mineral "tellurium"
** located amidst the largest concentration of 14,000 ft mountains in the U.S.
** the apocryphal origin is that, due to the treacherous mountains, miners warned those who wanted to strike gold there, "To Hell You Ride!"


== Political geography fun facts ==
== Political geography fun facts ==