: Re: What are some good strategies to use when naming a fictional city? I've read a lot of the questions on here concerning naming characters and deciding on whether to use a fictional city. I

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Think first about the country you want your city to be in. Then find out who the first people were that discovered your country. Let's say you want to name a city in Britain. The first people there were the Romans. Think about what the Romans could find special in your city. Maybe there were, I don't know, many bears as they arrived. So you take the Latin word for bear, which is 'ursus'. Now try to make that word sound English. A little hint from my side is that typical endings of cities in Britain are:
-chester
-ton
-ham
-mouth
-ford
or elements from nature like:
-pool
-field
-land
So if you come back to my example you could call your city: Ursmouth, Ursford, or Urspool.
I hope I could help you out <3

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