New Map 1.18 City Name Suggestions

[mccp77]

Shape of states is ok. One small meta-level suggestion is that I think it's better (one man's opinion, not fact) to have the big cities fit together on the map than have perfect geography of every state.

Example: New York is only 2 tiles from DC. Good geography but hard to see how NYC becomes NYC this way.

I re-did the city names for parts of the U.S. with my preferences in mind just to get a competing vision / idea out there. I figured Leoreth would have final decision.

I like these city names better despite them being less geographically ideal because they allow for major cities to fit together much better. For instance, Los Angeles-San Fran-Portland-Seattle and Miami-Atlanta-Washington-New York on each coast now fit together in a way that lets them each have plenty of room to develop.

 

[trexeric]

Might I suggest Dunkirk, NY instead of Fredonia? Dunkirk is a little bigger, and the actual port on Lake Erie in Chautauqua County. Alternatively Jamestown, which is the largest city in the county.

 

[mccp77]

Might I suggest Dunkirk, NY instead of Fredonia? Dunkirk is a little bigger, and the actual port on Lake Erie in Chautauqua County. Alternatively Jamestown, which is the largest city in the county.

I struggled with that because none of those cities are larger than 30,000. Especially given that square is 2 tiles separated from Detroit, DC, and NYC and is likely to get settled a fair bit, I think it needs a name of a city that has more historical significance. I think the best solution is just to have 2 Eries since Erie was very historically significant in the 1800s and is still reasonably large. I've edited my original post with an updated map.

 

[trexeric]

I'm always in favor of more Erie! Frankly, I think the whole map should be Erie.

 

[freethink]

How do we properly suggest city names in alternate languages? Do I italicize and bold my notes in the document I send?

 

[Leoreth]

The google sheet keeps track of them in the notes/comments on the corresponding cell.

 

[czechball]

did some stuff

 

[FraggleJock]

some Australian suggestions

 

[Lucius Martinus]

Some screenshots.

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Just a small typo but the tile 1S of Albany, NY should be "Newburgh", not "Newsburgh".

Source: Former resident

 

[Krieger-FS]

Another batch of suggestions, this time adjusting African city names (as per Leoreth suggestion on the OP) and for southern Arabia (Greater Yemen region).

 

[Derdan]

Just a small typo but the tile 1S of Albany, NY should be "Newburgh", not "Newsburgh".

Source: Former resident

As a former Albany resident (Albanian?) I feel that tile should probably be either Kingston, Hudson, or Poughkeepsie. The latter is the British name for the tile on the current small map IIRC.

 

[Lucius Martinus]

As a former Albany resident (Albanian?) I feel that tile should probably be either Kingston, Hudson, or Poughkeepsie. The latter is the British name for the tile on the current small map IIRC.

I agree, I was a bit shocked when I saw Newburgh for that tile lol. Newburgh’s current claim to fame is “Crossroads of the Northeast” due to I-84 and I-87 crossing paths there. There are some colonial-era historical sites but nothing super notable AFAIK.

I like Poughkeepsie for the tile personally; it’s the largest city out of the bunch by far if you include it’s immediate suburbs and has a few well-known universities: Marist, Vassar and the Culinary Institute of America.

 

[Krieger-FS]

Another batch of suggestions, now regarding the northern part of the Arabian Peninsula (also includes Jordan, Kuwait and the far-north Saudi Arabia). Please note that I’ve been working on the same sheet from my previous suggestions, so the newer ones are in bold and italic. Also, there are some significant changes between my take and the original LacsiraxAriscal version, so it would be nice to have some feedback from a third party.

 

[freethink]

Could the name of a tribe be ever used as a place/city name?

 

[Gahan]

Suggestions of Korean cities of the peninsula and Manchuria(for Goguryeo and Balhae),
and Korean translations of Sinosphere and few Russian cities(Sakhalin island and Svobodny).