This past weekend, while walking past one of my favorite Toronto 'hoods, close to High Park & Bloor street in the city's west end, I spotted an Ukrainian gift store called "West Arka". I've heard of it before but never really knew where it was. They carry all sorts of stuff for typical nationalist or just plain nostalgic Ukrainian - videos, music CD's , tryzub-related jewelery, books, flags and such. I spotted this rack with maps of various Ukrainian regions and cities - Kiev, Odessa, Lviv, Kharkov, Crimea, etc. But among them I spot one particular map , with cyrillic writing on it clearly spelling - "Czerna Gora" - I wonder, whats a map of Montenegro doing here?:?

As it turns out, its actually a map of another region of southwestern Ukraine, in and around Carpathian mountains. Some photos are included with the map, and the region looks very similar to Durmitor national park in Montenegro:eek: There's gotta be something more to it...


So I was just wondering, what other similar cases have you heard of?:)

There is a mountain named Crna Gora north of Skopje also.

^^ (Skopska) Crna Gora:)
Didn't think of that one actually.

Region of Sopot is located in the District of Librazhd (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Librazhd_District), Eastern Albania. It shares the same name as the northern polish town of Sopot.
It was ruled by warlord Gjergj Arianiti (1346 - 1470) whose daughter Donika was the wife of Skënderbeu.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/sq/thumb/f/fb/Wikiarianit.jpg/290px-Wikiarianit.jpg

This region is particularly lush in vegetation and prone to heavy snowfall. Particularly heading towards the town of Përrenjas which is part of the same district.

http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o179/urbania21/23.jpg

^^

how about a whole line of Sopot's 7t :)

Sopot (disambiguation)
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Sopot is an old Slavic word which means "spring" (source). Sopot is the name of several places:

* Sopot, Albania
* Sopot, Bulgaria
* Sopot, Croatia:
o Sopot, an archeological excavation site near Vinkovci
o Sopot, a neighbourhood of Zagreb
* Sopot, Republic of Macedonia
* Sopot, Poland
o Sopot, a town
o Sopot river (Poland)
* Sopot river (Romania)
* Sopot, Serbia
* Sopot, Dolj, a commune in Dolj County, Romania

South-Eastern District of Kolonjë shares the same name as the city of Cologne, Germany.
Its capital is the town of Ersekë which lies in the foot of Mount Gramoz, Albania's 4th tallest mountain. One of my uncles comes from this region.

http://www.galeriashqiptare.net/albums/Natyra/normal_erseka_gramozi.jpg

Sopot Bulgaria
http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/9191/1156898673c2c40fc747faehd0.jpg

Sopot in Serbia
http://img68.imageshack.us/img68/3450/sopotfz8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

River Morava in Serbia and Czech Republic has one River Morava( intresting )
Town Trnava in Slovakia , place Trnava near Nis ( Serbia )
Hlohovec =? Glogovac
Dolny Kubin ( Slowakia ), Donji Kubin ( Serbia )....:nuts:

Visegrad in Bosnia/Herzegovina and Visegrad in Hungary.

The village across the river from ours is Czarna Góra. But it's nothing amazing, "black" and "mountain" are fairly common words and it was bound to be repeated elsewhere. Like Belgrade "White City" there's a Belgorod in Russia, a Białogard in Poland, etc. Find me another Szczebrzeszyn, now that'd be something. :D

It's not Eastern Europe, but there's Lisbon, capital of Portugal and another Lisbon in North Dakota, USA. :lol:

well, we have Oleksandriya (Alexandria) in central Ukraine.

Btw, are we the only ones who write Alexander with an O?

well, we have Oleksandriya (Alexandria) in central Ukraine.

Btw, are we the only ones who write Alexander with an O?


Most probably. I've noticed this long time ago.

During my recent travels in Poland, I remember that I noticed a place called "Bosna" somewhere. I think it was a small village/town somewhere between Warsaw & Krakow.

And in northern Poland, in old Kashubian area (Gdansk and surroundings) , there's a lake called "Serbia" or "Serbian Lake" - something to that effect.

And Tuzla/Тузла is not just the third largest city of Bosnia-Herzegovina, its also an island in the Sea of Azov/Black Sea, an object of territorial dispute between Russia & Ukraine.:bash:

And last but not least, an old manor/castle in Kossovo, Belarus:)

http://globus.tut.by/kossovo/palace187_d94.jpg

Sopot Bulgaria
http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/9191/1156898673c2c40fc747faehd0.jpg

There is one more Sopot (http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/7782/sopotmn0.gif) in North Bulgaria, near Ugarchin :)

Pula (village in Veszprém County, Hungary) = Pula (Croatia)
Visegrád (city in Pest County, Hungary) = Višegrad (Bosnia and Herz.)
Nagykanizsa (city in Zala County, Hungary) = Kanjiža, Magyarkanizsa in Hungarian (Vojvodina, Serbia)
Pécs (city in Baranya County, Hungary) = Peć (Kosovo)
Velence (village in Fejér County) = Venezia, Velence in Hungarian (Italy)
Sümegprága (village in Veszprém County, Hungary) = Prague, Prága in Hungarian (Czech Rep.)
Kőrös (river in Hungary) = Križevci, Kőrös in Hungarian (Croatia)

There is a village Kosovo in the Rhodopoes mountains :D

http://www.selokosovo.com/

Targovishte - towns in Bulgaria, Romania and Serbia
Zaichar(town in Serbia) - Zaichar (village in east Bulgaria)
Dimitrovgrad(town in Serbia) - Dimitrovgrad(town in south-east Bulgaria)
Zogore region in north Croatia, dalmatinska Zagora, south Croatia - Stara Zagora , Nova Zagora(towns in Bulgaria)
Jablanica in BiH - Yablanica (town in north Bulgaria)
Kichevo(town in Macedonia) - Kichevo (http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/2221/kichevomv6.gif) (village in Varna region , Bulgaria)
Voden(town in Macedonia) - Voden (http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/4885/vodenya8.gif)(3 villages in Haskovo , Plovdiv and Yambol regions Bulgaria) Gorni & Dolni Voden (before villages , now neighbourhoods of Asenovgrad)
Kumanovo(town in Macedonia) - Kumanovo (http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/8802/kumanovoxh1.gif) (village in Varna region, Bulgaria)
Prilep(town in Macedonia) - Prilep (http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/5033/prilepkv0.gif) (2 villages in Dobrich and Burgas regions, Bulgaria)
Prespa(town in Macedonia) - Prespa (http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/5214/prespany0.gif) (2 villages in Sofia and Dobrich regions, Bulgaria)
Delchevo(town in Macedonia) - Delchevo (http://img103.imageshack.us/img103/4172/delchevorr3.gif) (2 villages in Blagoevgrad and Shumen regions, Bulgaria)
Ohrid(town in Macedonia) - Ohrid (http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/4161/ohridrd5.gif) (village in Montana region, Bulgaria)
Resen(town in Macedonia) - Resen (http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/3710/resenss0.gif) (village in Veliko Tarnovo region, Bulgaria)
Krushevo(town in Macedonia) - Krushevo (3 villages in Gabrovo, Plovdiv and Blagoevgrad regions, Bulgaria)
Tetovo(town in Macedonia) - Теtovo (village in Russe region, Bulgaria)
Samokov(Macedonia) - Samokov (town in Bulgaria)

There is a village Kosovo in the Rhodopoes mountains :D

http://www.selokosovo.com/

There is also peak Bosna in Strandza mountain, and a couple of villages with that name in Bulgaria :D

Like Belgrade "White City" there's a Belgorod in Russia, a Białogard in Poland, etc. Find me another Szczebrzeszyn, now that'd be something. :D

Bolgrad in Besarabia is one more adition to the list of that towns :)

Pula in Croatia and pula (dick) in Romanian. I wonder how many Romanians go to visit Pula in Croatia? I think Romanian girls should be more attracted to it. :lol:

Visegrad in Bosnia/Herzegovina and Visegrad in Hungary.

That's right!!! A beautiful and fine example of the similarities in our heterogen region. Visegrad in Bosnia (where Ivo Andric's lovely novel takes place) - Visegrád in Hungary (where is the amazing medieval renaissance castle of Mathias rex) plus I mention Visehrad in Golden Prague (if I am right), which inspired Bedrich Smetana to compose a part of the Má vlast symphonic poem, one of my favourite after Vltava.
CHEERS, MATE:)

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Pula in Croatia and pula (dick) in Romanian.
There's a city named Pula in Croatia, and there's the village of Pula in Veszprém county, in Hungary. There's also a city named Pula in Sardinia, Italy, but that's outside EE.

Fradista, cheers to you as well (esp. for knowing about cultural values of these places as well) :cheers:
To continue list of "Belgrades", there is Belgrade, Nebraska, USA.

Targovishte - towns in Bulgaria, Romania and Serbia
Zaichar(town in Serbia) - Zaichar (village in east Bulgaria)
Dimitrovgrad(town in Serbia) - Dimitrovgrad(town in south-east Bulgaria)
Zogore region in north Croatia, dalmatinska Zagora, south Croatia - Stara Zagora , Nova Zagora(towns in Bulgaria)
Jablanica in BiH - Yablanica (town in north Bulgaria)
Kichevo(town in Macedonia) - Kichevo (http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/2221/kichevomv6.gif) (village in Varna region , Bulgaria)
Voden(town in Macedonia) - Voden (http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/4885/vodenya8.gif)(3 villages in Haskovo , Plovdiv and Yambol regions Bulgaria) Gorni & Dolni Voden (before villages , now neighbourhoods of Asenovgrad)
Kumanovo(town in Macedonia) - Kumanovo (http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/8802/kumanovoxh1.gif) (village in Varna region, Bulgaria)
Prilep(town in Macedonia) - Prilep (http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/5033/prilepkv0.gif) (2 villages in Dobrich and Burgas regions, Bulgaria)
Prespa(town in Macedonia) - Prespa (http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/5214/prespany0.gif) (2 villages in Sofia and Dobrich regions, Bulgaria)
Delchevo(town in Macedonia) - Delchevo (http://img103.imageshack.us/img103/4172/delchevorr3.gif) (2 villages in Blagoevgrad and Shumen regions, Bulgaria)
Ohrid(town in Macedonia) - Ohrid (http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/4161/ohridrd5.gif) (village in Montana region, Bulgaria)
Resen(town in Macedonia) - Resen (http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/3710/resenss0.gif) (village in Veliko Tarnovo region, Bulgaria)
Krushevo(town in Macedonia) - Krushevo (3 villages in Gabrovo, Plovdiv and Blagoevgrad regions, Bulgaria)
Tetovo(town in Macedonia) - Теtovo (village in Russe region, Bulgaria)
Samokov(Macedonia) - Samokov (town in Bulgaria)

I am from Jablanica BÎH:) you also have a Jablanica in Serbia!

BTW: There are a five cities Warsaw in USA:)

To continue list of "Belgrades", there is Belgrade, Nebraska, USA.

From the Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgrade_%28disambiguation%29):

* Belgrade, Maine, U.S.
* Belgrade, Minnesota, St. Louis County, U.S.
* Belgrade, Minnesota, Stearns County, U.S.
* Belgrade, Missouri, U.S.
* Belgrade, Montana, U.S.
* Belgrade, North Carolina, U.S.
* Belgrade, Nebraska, U.S.
* Belgrade, Texas, U.S.
* Belgrade, Belgium

+

* 1517 Beograd, a minor planet, discovered by Milorad B. Protić
* Belgrade Theatre, Coventry, UK
* Belgrade, a map in Battlefield 2142
:D

Belgrade, Serbia and Belgorod, Russia

In Polish "Prague" (capitol of Cech Republic) is "Praga". There's also a district of warsaw called "Praga":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praga

^^

how about a whole line of Sopot's 7t :)

Sopot (disambiguation)
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Sopot is an old Slavic word which means "spring" (source). Sopot is the name of several places:

* Sopot, Albania
* Sopot, Bulgaria
* Sopot, Croatia:
o Sopot, an archeological excavation site near Vinkovci
o Sopot, a neighbourhood of Zagreb
* Sopot, Republic of Macedonia
* Sopot, Poland
o Sopot, a town
o Sopot river (Poland)
* Sopot river (Romania)
* Sopot, Serbia
* Sopot, Dolj, a commune in Dolj County, Romania

actually, Sopot in Croatia is an district in Zagreb ;)

also, there is a district in Zagreb called Siget (just next to Sopot), and in Hungary there is a city Szigetvar. probably there are a lot of Sigets more because sziget means island in hungarian.

actually, Sopot in Croatia is an district in Zagreb ;)

also, there is a district in Zagreb called Siget (just next to Sopot), and in Hungary there is a city Szigetvar. probably there are a lot of Sigets more because sziget means island in hungarian.

Szigetbecse
Szigetcsép
Szigethalom
Szigetmonostor
Szigetmonostor (Horány)
Szigetszentmárton
Szigetszentmiklós
Szigetújfalu
Szigetvár

Just the ones that begin with Sziget...I dont have time to look through all names looking for the ones that contain it:)

Arad in Romania - Arad in Israel

Jablanica in BiH - Yablanica (town in north Bulgaria)


I am from Jablanica BÎH:) you also have a Jablanica in Serbia!

Jablanica seems to be pretty universal too, we have one in Macedonia also (a mountain)

Arad in Romania - Arad in Israel

Let me guess...jews from WWII took the name with them?

Ilirska Bistrica - Slovenia
Banska Bystrica - Slovakia
Bistrita - Romania

Zagorje - Croatia
Zagorje - Herzegovina
Zagoro-horia - Greece
Zagora - Greece

Dubrava ( Zagreb neighbourhood) - Croatia
Dubrovnik- Croatia
Dubrave - Albania

Pozega - Serbia
Pozega - Croatia

Jablanica:
SLO
BIH
SRB
BG x2
MK

Jablanac HR

Jablonica SK

and a plenty of other similar in PL, HR; SRB, CZ, RUS...

What about Montana, BG? I bet there is nothing Slavic in the State of Montana, USA :)

Let me guess...jews from WWII took the name with them?

From Wikipedia:

[Israelian] Arad is named after the biblical Canaanite town located at Tel Arad

I have a feeling Romanian Arad isn't named after that :D.

What about Montana, BG? I bet there is nothing Slavic in the State of Montana, USA :)

From Wikipedia:

The region around Montana became part of the Roman province of Upper Moesia in 29 BC. Around 160, the military camp that was most likely founded on the remains of an older Thracian settlement, acquired city rights under the name of Municipio Montanensium.


"Montanensium" means "of the mountains" in Latin.

Szarvas (Hungary) = Sarvaš (Croatia) /Szarvas in Hungarian/
(szarvas = stag)

...-almás (villages, cities in Hungary) = Aljmaš (Croatia) /Almás in Hungarian/ = Almaty (Kazakhstan)
(alma = apple)

Hódmezővásárhely (Hungary) = Hodošan (Croatia) = Hodoš (Slovenia)
(hód = castor)

-rét (villages in Hungary) = Retfala (Croatia) /Rétfalu in Hungarian/ = Kopački rit (Croatia) /Kopácsi rét in Hungarian/
(rét = lea)

-vár (cities, villages in Hungary) = Vukovar, Daruvar, Bjelovar (Croatia) = Timisoara/Temesvár, Sighisoara/Segesvár (Romania)
(vár = castle, town)

What about Montana, BG? I bet there is nothing Slavic in the State of Montana, USA :)

^^ The town is an heir of the Roman fortress settlement Casta ad Montanezium or known also as Montana... :)

Ilirska Bistrica - Slovenia
Banska Bystrica - Slovakia
Bistrita - Romania

Zagorje - Croatia
Zagorje - Herzegovina
Zagoro-horia - Greece
Zagora - Greece

Dubrava ( Zagreb neighbourhood) - Croatia
Dubrovnik- Croatia
Dubrave - Albania

Pozega - Serbia
Pozega - Croatia

^^

Bistritsa - 3 villages in Blagoevgrad, Kyustendil and Sofia regions, Bulgaria ...
Stara Zagora, Nova Zagora - cities in Bulgaria...
Dubrava (Дъбрава) - 3 villages in Blagoevgrad, Lovech and Dobrich regions, Bulgaria

and no Pozega in BG , sorry :D

Morava- Serbia/ Morava- Czech republic
Krusevac- Serbia/ Krusevo- Macedonia
Rakovica- Serbia/ Rakovica- Croatia
Zemun- Serbia/ Zemunik- Croatia
Trstenik- Serbia/ Trstenik- Croatia/ Trst ( Trieste)- Italy
Trgoviste- Serbia/ Targoviste- Romania

We have Trstenik here too (Трещеник), it's not very far away from Bansko.

Btw quite a lot of towns/villages have "Banya" in their name.

^^ btw i have been in the croatian Trstenik .... Ummmm wonderfull beach out there ! :cheers:

there si targoviste in romania and bulgaria!!!coool

Similar mhhh...Saku(in Estonia) and Saku(in Japan)

There is at least 1 Budapest in the US.

Pula in Croatia and pula (dick) in Romanian. I wonder how many Romanians go to visit Pula in Croatia? I think Romanian girls should be more attracted to it. :lol:

Pula means chicken in albanian:lol:

Jablanica:
SLO
BIH
SRB
BG x2
MK

Jablanac HR

Jablonica SK

and a plenty of other similar in PL, HR; SRB, CZ, RUS...

There's a village called Jabłonka not too far from mine in southern PL. ;)

And Tuzla/Тузла is not just the third largest city of Bosnia-Herzegovina, its also an island in the Sea of Azov/Black Sea, an object of territorial dispute between Russia & Ukraine.:bash:

There's also a Romanian town called Tuzla on the Black Sea coast.

There's also a Romanian town called Tuzla on the Black Sea coast.

^^

There are 3 lakes in Bulgaria :

Shablenska Tuzla, Nanevska Tuzla, Balchishka Tuzla north of Varna ... they are filled with salt water...



* Tuzla - BIH
* Tuzla - Municipality in Konstanta region, Romania
* Tuzla - island on the channel connecting Azov with Black Sea, Ukraine
* Tuzla(Έγκωμη) - village near Famagusta, Cyprus
* Tuzla - part of the asian side of Istanbul, Turkey
* Tuz (Tuz Gölü) - lake in Asia Minor, 2nd biggest in Turkey ...

Göl means "lake" in Turkish?

Cool :)

Odessa, Ukraine
Odessa, Ontario
Odessa, Saskatchewan
Odessa, Delaware
Odessa, Florida
Odessa, Minnesota
Odessa, Missouri
Odessa, Nebraska
Odessa, New York
Odessa, Texas
Odessa, Washington
Odessa Township, Michigan
Lake Odessa, Michigan
Odessa Lake in Ontario
Nova Odessa, Brazil
Nova Odessa, Ukraine

Nis (Serbia) - Nice (France)

Nis (Serbia) - Nice (France)

ROFL

During my recent travels in Poland, I remember that I noticed a place called "Bosna" somewhere. I think it was a small village/town somewhere between Warsaw & Krakow.

And in northern Poland, in old Kashubian area (Gdansk and surroundings) , there's a lake called "Serbia" or "Serbian Lake" - something to that effect.

And Tuzla/Тузла is not just the third largest city of Bosnia-Herzegovina, its also an island in the Sea of Azov/Black Sea, an object of territorial dispute between Russia & Ukraine.:bash:

And last but not least, an old manor/castle in Kossovo, Belarus:)

http://globus.tut.by/kossovo/palace187_d94.jpg


there is a Tuzla in greece to

Visegrád (city in Pest County, Hungary) = Višegrad (Bosnia and Herz.)
)

plus Vysehrad in Czech Republic ;)

Kiev(Ukraine)-Kijevo(Croatia)-Chievo(Italy)
Samobor(Croatia)-Sombor(Serbia)
Hrv.Leskovac(Croatia)-Leskovac(Serbia)
Moravice(Croatia)-Morava(Serbia)-Morava(Czech Rep.)
Rim(Croatia)-Rim/Rome(Italy)
Beli Manastir(Croatia)-Bela Crkva(Serbia)-ok that is not exactly the same but it is pretty simmilar
Biograd(Croatia)-Beograd(Serbia)
Brod na Kupi,Brod Moravice,Slavonski Brod(Croatia)-Bosanski/Srpski Brod(Bosnia&Herzegovina/Srpska)-Lodz(Poland)

Brod=Lodz=Boat/Ship

Požega HR - Požega SRB

this with Kiev/Kijevo/Chievo is interesting, i have never noticed it!

Did anyone mention Jagodina? I think there is a town named like that in Serbia. We have a Jagodina cave here in Bulgaria.

^^ Yep there is. :) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jagodina