: Re: How to create place names that feel like they belong to a culture? As somewhat of a follow-up to my previous question: How to create a consistent feel for character names in a fantasy setting?

@Connie138

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It depends on different aspects of the culture. What type of society are the people living in? What's their government? Are they a militant culture, more spiritual, apathetic to other cultures, etc? What concepts are important to them; do they have specific deities that are associated with things like light and the earth and water?

Example: are they in a relatively dry area, making rain extremely important? Has most of their society changed from older ways that were drastically different?

Base the first ideas for your names on these concepts and go from there, because the concepts that make up a culture contribute to how places, people, and items are named in that culture. They influence everything that the people of that culture see, feel, and experience.

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