Subject: Re: FR, PT (other countrys&#39; names)<br/>
Date: Mar 02, 2003 @ 00:07<br/>
Author: Francisco &lt;xuax@netvisao.pt&gt; (&quot;Francisco &lt;xuax@...&gt;&quot; &lt;xuax@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-391286941">--- In <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com">BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com</a>, &quot;Karolis B. &lt;kbajoraz@y...&gt;&quot; <br/>
&lt;kbajoraz@y...&gt; wrote:<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; --- In <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com">BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com</a>, Victor Cantore <br/>
&gt; &lt;drpotatoes@y...&gt; wrote:<br/>
&gt; &gt; there&#39;s lots of names like that here in the usa 2 that<br/>
&gt; &gt; come to mind are paris, texas and berlin, maryland.<br/>
&gt; &gt; ther&#39;es also a toluca park, california (as in toluca,<br/>
&gt; &gt; mexico)<br/>
&gt;  not lots, but rtaher hunders or thousands of names like that in <br/>
 </span></blockquote>USA. Christmas Island, Kiribati has exclusively such name towns. In <br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; Lithuania, Jonava region there&#39;s also a bunch of county and city <br/>
&gt; names.<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>Yes, even in small Portugal there are more of other countrys&#39; names <br/>
which are used in towns and villages. But in no other the name was <br/>
abused to take advantage and make money dishonestely, as happened <br/>
with the village of França, in the district of Bragança, former <br/>
province of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro.<br/>
<br/>
Francisco,<br/>
Portugal</div>