Unexpected city names

[nzcamel]

Hey @agonistes, as someone who appreciates...less ordinary names I think you'll be impressed by this city. I hadn't seen it before, and am most impressed that it isn't just Newcastle!

Spoiler :

Also worth noting (for anyone who hasn't seen it before) that the AI forward settle each other as well as us, as evidenced by English Warsaw.

 

[Uberfrog]

Maybe Newcastle-under-Lyme will crop up if you plant enough cities

 

[Piruparka]

This is probably because "Newcastle" without the addition is in Australia's cities list.

 

[Leyrann]

Scythia actually has a city called "Neapolis". First time I founded it I was like "wait, what?".

Not entirely certain if the Romans have a Neapolis, but I would expect so.

 

[agonistes]

Thanks for the share.

Apparently Mother Russia has cities called Atlanta, San Diego, Uruk, and lord knows what else... once again, they stimpy the length of the city names lists. Sweet mother of god... is it that hard to make a 100 name list? Would the 5 minutes have put them over budget?

What gets me even more is that apparently the civ whose names get picked as replacers is random... they don't prioritize civs that aren't in the game. So even though US is in the game, I was getting US city names. This time its either Summeria or Persia, not sure yet. Summeria isn't in, but Persia is. But when it was using US... if I ran through that list as well, what is the US using for city names? Or would we both be using the same names?

Then two civs start cannibalizing a third, and so on. Soon Japan is settling cities named Santo Domingo.

 

[God of Kings]

Don't forget that Tula is in both the Aztec and Russian city name list.

 

[agonistes]

I think there are a number of cases where two civs share a city name.

 

[Jart]

"I forget to mention, forget to mention Memphis
Home of Elvis and the ancient Greeks"

 

[Turbofish]

IIRC, the weirdest i've seen is Scythia having a city called Seven Brothers.

 

[Siptah]

IIRC, the weirdest i've seen is Scythia having a city called Seven Brothers.

Yes, but Scythia's city list is a case for itself anyway. It's all names of archeological sites which usually are named according to nearby villages and landmarks in the local language. In the case of Scythia its almost only burial sites, and they come from everywhere: from Tuva and Siberia to Bulgaria and everything in between. So the languages are also different for many places which translates to city names in different languages in civ VI for Scythia.
Seven Brothers is obviously in English besides being in Russia (Kuban) and being excavated only by Russian archeologists iirc. I don't know why this particular site is always referred to in English, but it is that way in the whole literature (findings from the Kurgan at Seven Brothers are quite famous).
Interesting for nerds: the city list shows which cultures are included in civ VI's Scythia blob civ. It's much more than the Scythians and the Massagetae, Tomyris own tribe/culture.

Another thing is Arabia's city list: it includes Aleppo in two languages iirc.

 

[nzcamel]

This is probably because "Newcastle" without the addition is in Australia's cities list.

Ahhh kay.

Scythia actually has a city called "Neapolis". First time I founded it I was like "wait, what?".

Not entirely certain if the Romans have a Neapolis, but I would expect so.

You'd hope the Romans do!

Thanks for the share.

Apparently Mother Russia has cities called Atlanta, San Diego, Uruk, and lord knows what else... once again, they stimpy the length of the city names lists. Sweet mother of god... is it that hard to make a 100 name list? Would the 5 minutes have put them over budget?

What gets me even more is that apparently the civ whose names get picked as replacers is random... they don't prioritize civs that aren't in the game. So even though US is in the game, I was getting US city names. This time its either Summeria or Persia, not sure yet. Summeria isn't in, but Persia is. But when it was using US... if I ran through that list as well, what is the US using for city names? Or would we both be using the same names?

Then two civs start cannibalizing a third, and so on. Soon Japan is settling cities named Santo Domingo.

Holy cow! How many cities do you found in a game!? When they were talking to Beach about the city names when both Greek leaders are in game he stated that it should take a heap of cities before they end up sharing a name....

 

[agonistes]

Holy cow! How many cities do you found in a game!? When they were talking to Beach about the city names when both Greek leaders are in game he stated that it should take a heap of cities before they end up sharing a name....

Playing as Russia on Giant Earth I try to recreate the USSR. Plus some naval bases, like where Panama is. So quite a few. I'm through the Russian list with only my border blocking cities done east of the Urals.

edit: I broke down and finally bookmarked wiki lists of city names (and leaders/royalty for ships) on my phone because I use them so frequently.

 

[God of Kings]

Read here about Seven Brothers: http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Seven+Brothers+Kurgans+and+Gorodishche

 

[kampori]

Am I missing something?
Newcastle-upon-Tyne is the official city name?

 

[nzcamel]

Playing as Russia on Giant Earth I try to recreate the USSR. Plus some naval bases, like where Panama is. So quite a few. I'm through the Russian list with only my border blocking cities done east of the Urals.

edit: I broke down and finally bookmarked wiki lists of city names (and leaders/royalty for ships) on my phone because I use them so frequently.

I've been doing that in my latest game, but only because I finally decided that I wanted the added immersion of giving all the American cities I conquered German names I'll stick to the same starting letter i.e. New York became Nuremberg.

Am I missing something?
Newcastle-upon-Tyne is the official city name?

Has it been called that in previous Civ games? I doubt it. Where possible Civ will name a city the same name that is used for it in everyday life for the most part. I doubt people living in/around Newcastle-upon-Tyne refer to it using the whole name often

 

[Leyrann]

I've been doing that in my latest game, but only because I finally decided that I wanted the added immersion of giving all the American cities I conquered German names I'll stick to the same starting letter i.e. New York became Nuremberg.

You should check out the mod "City Name Generator". While it also generates names based on the surroundings (which means that you have city names you don't have otherwise) it also includes options for changing the name of a conquered city automatically, and sometimes just a part of it (meaning that, if you conquer an American city with Germany that you might very well have part of the original American name while part is now German, which looks really good imo).

 

[c4c6]

I finally decided that I wanted the added immersion of giving all the American cities I conquered German names I'll stick to the same starting letter i.e. New York became Nuremberg.

Btw, the German name of Nuremberg is Nürnberg / Cologne is Köln ...

[I have been told, that it is irritating having dots above characters ... but it is quite simple: 'a' is like the 'a' in "bath", 'ä' is like the 'a' in "bad" (or "bat") ... always. No guessing how to pronounce something you read. A propos, also no guessing how to write something you hear ... or here (or maybe heer as in "beer" or even hier as in "tier"?)]

 

[nzcamel]

You should check out the mod "City Name Generator". While it also generates names based on the surroundings (which means that you have city names you don't have otherwise) it also includes options for changing the name of a conquered city automatically, and sometimes just a part of it (meaning that, if you conquer an American city with Germany that you might very well have part of the original American name while part is now German, which looks really good imo).

I'll have to check that out - it sounds perfect! Very immersive.
I've had mods turned off since the last patch, but after I finish my current game it's probably time to turn a few back on.

Btw, the German name of Nuremberg is Nürnberg / Cologne is Köln ...

[I have been told, that it is irritating having dots above characters ... but it is quite simple: 'a' is like the 'a' in "bath", 'ä' is like the 'a' in "bad" (or "bat") ... always. No guessing how to pronounce something you read. A propos, also no guessing how to write something you hear ... or here (or maybe heer as in "beer" or even hier as in "tier"?)]

Can they be added from your everyday English QWERTY keyboard...? I mean the dots?

 

[Siptah]

Can they be added from your everyday English QWERTY keyboard...? I mean the dots?

Sure. I don't know the windows shortcuts though, but google is probably your friend. And if not, you can still use the 'latin' version of ü=ue, ä=ae, and ö=oe.

 

[Leyrann]

Can they be added from your everyday English QWERTY keyboard...? I mean the dots?

Shift + " + the letter you want to use. äëïöüÿ.