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We're all allowed a lazy day here or there. (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

Round Lake, Big Falls, Red Lake, Big Water

That's how Japan names most of its places as well. Sometimes they're even less creative and start calling things 5th Gate City, or River 10.

And they don't even name their residential roads, so addresses can get long (I think Korea also does this). When you write an address you have to write all the info from the biggest area and gradually narrowing: prefecture, city, ward, neighborhood