Rob Reacts to... Top 10 Weirdest Place Names in Poland 

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A closer translation of "Przemyśl" would be "Reconsider"

Here's a few more: - Szkaradowo (Hideousville) - Kozie Doły (Goat Pits) - Gruszeczka (a cute/small pear) - Stary Łom (Old Crowbar) - Stary Bógpomóż (Old Godhelp) - Samoklęski Małe (Small Selffailures) - Krzywe Kolano (Crooked Knee) - Grzeczna Panna (Good Maid) - Miesiączkowo (Periodsville) - Dolna Grupa (Lower Arse) - Górna Grupa (Upper Arse) - Kłopot (Problem) - Podła Góra (Mean Mounain) - Leśne Odpadki (Forest Offal) - Zgniłe Błoto (Rotten Mud) - Ważne Młyny (Important Mills) - Mała Wieś przy Drodze (Small Village by the Road) - Budy Rządowe (Government Shacks) - Stare Grabie (Old Rake) - Nowe Rumunki (New Romanian Women) - Pupkowizna (Buttsville) - Koziebrody (Goatsbeards) - Zimna Wódka (Cold Vodka) - Tłustomosty (Fatbridges) - Ameryka (America) - Królik Polski (Polish Rabbit) - Krowia Góra (Cow Mountain) - Zimna Woda (Cold Water) - Morzeszczyn (Seaofpiss) - Kaczynos (Ducksnose) - Żabi Róg (Frogs Horn) - Kwiatuszki Wielkie (Giant Flowers) - Beznazwa (Noname) - Psie Głowy (Dog Heads)

We are laughing at Zagreb (Croatia's capital) the same way as foreigners are laughing at our Zakopane (Buried), because in Polish version Zagreb is Zagrzeb and it means an order to bury (for example "zagrzeb to" means "bury it"), there is also a joke in Polish that Zagreb is therefore the world capital of zombies

Close to Końskie are 2 villiges Niebo (Heaven) and Piekło (Hell). They are 5 km apart. My grandfather was literally born in Heaven.

Translations are actually really accurate. The gimmick is, that those places were named this way, before this words were meaning what they mean today in polish language. For example Stare zasady - Old Rules. Yes - "zasady" today mean rules, but in the archaic polish language "zasady" would mean either "a place where something was planted" or more likely "place behind the orchards" because "za" - "behind", "sady" - orchards. So probably they planted a forest or there were orchards nearby, and just named the village after that. And the "Old" was most likely added when they expanded or moved the village into another place.

Łódź - is in a place where, as far as I remember, 17 small rivers flowed, it was an ideal place for trade by merchants who used small boats to transport their goods - this is how the settlement and later the village of Lodz was established. During the industrial revolution huge textile factories began to emerge. The countryside began to turn into an industrial city, and the rivers were for the most part closed off in canals to bring water to the steam engines in these factories. Today, some of these rivers still exist, but they have lost their strength and resemble tiny streams, some parts of the canals are restored and can be visited, while others remain closed and are dangerous. Many of the canals under construction have remained a mystery, and during road repairs and construction of new buildings it happens that workers come across early undocumented canals.

Zapoznajemy się w nowej klasie i taki dialog: - Skąd jesteś? - Z Miejsca koło Pokoju Chwila konsternacji i takie myśli "to on mieszka w kuchni czy co?" Not far from my home town there is a small village called Miejsce (a place) and it is next to a bigger village called Pokój (which can mean both "peace" or "a room"). Those names may not be very strange but when one of the collegues in new schood said he is from "a Place next to the Room" we were quite confused. :-D

Biały Kał is from archaic Polish name of swamp (Kał), so it literarly means a White Swamp. The same is the origin of city name Kalisz (swamp town), an also in word "kałuża" (puddle). Częstochowa is city owned by a man called Częstoch city name is derived from Man (owner) name. Za-Kopane, because was behind the place called Kopane (or Kopań = this means "man made clearing in wood" - today "karczowisko") wchich not exist anymore. City Łódź comes from smal stream called Łódka - this also souds as boat, but probably goes from some ancient word that extincted and had nothing to do with boat. Przemyśl, the same as Częstochowa comes from owners name a man called Przemysław. Chełm comes from old word for Hill an actually might come from Gothic word for Helmet wchich was adopted by some Slavians (also is used in Serbia for a hill or moutain - "Chlum"). "Zasady" from old word for creating (planting) a village.

It is clear that the guy took the etymology of Złe Mięso from English wiki article, which lists it as local legend but adds nothing else. It omits what Polish language version clarifies. The name comes from a local innkeeper who was a German with a surname Bösenfleisch and appeared as such in historical documents. Polish name is a derivative of German and a direct translation. You were correct in assuming that the whole cannibal story was made up later. How Herr Bösenfleisch got his surname in the first place is anyone's guess.

My city - Toruń. Legend says that river Visula was washing fundaments from the town's Leaning tower. The tower said to the river: Please, stop it or I will fall. River replied: Then fall (to ruń). Residents heard that and named the city after that...

Last penny nr9 its translated to Grosz - it means penny now as 1- 100 of Złoty (PLN) but in older times Grosz was as a złoty today and then it was divided to smaller parts. Old Grosz was much more valuable , probably 100% gold so i was possible to buy some land with it,

There is one mistake: Częstochowa is not located in Silesia. Yes, this city is part of Silesian Voivodeship (province), but historically and geographically Częstochowa is part of Lesser Poland. And Ostatni Grosz is a district of Częstochowa also. :) I know about it, because Częstochowa is my family city.

Fun fact: in Poland there are 118 villages named 'Nowa Wieś' which literally means New Village

Przemyśl is from old slavic name - Przemysław (which means a person, who is famous for his wisdom).

The story of Last Penny might actually be pretty close to be true. Today one grosz is 1/100 of a złoty, but back in medieval times it was worth a lot more. Kazimierz III Wielki (Kazimierz the Great) - one of the greatest Polish kings - put grosz into use in 1367, it weighed 3,2 grams of pure gold and then you would have to spend 16 denarii (and later even more) to buy 1 grosz, so it was a pretty strong currency.

There is a Slavic name Przemysław. Once its form was Przemysł. Hence the name of the city. Today, Przemysł means as much as industry. The name of the village Zakopane is etymologically derived from the Old Polish term 'zakopane', which meant a clearing and was originally used in the form Za Kopane. The term was used for the first time in relation to the Tatra settlement in the document of King Sigismund III Vasa of April 20, 1630. Częstochowa is the village or estate of Częstoch, i.e. belonging to a man named Częstoch. The name of the city of Lodz comes from the name of the village of Lodz (Lodza). Its founder used the coat of arms of the Łodz family. There are funnier village names like Tumanki (littel knuckleheads). Many of today's funny names are relics of the Old Polish language. Many words have changed their meaning. That's why they're funny to us.

In Wrocław there is a street "Na ostatnim groszu" what can be translated as "on the last penny". And the story says that there was Inn where people returning from market in Wrocław spend them's last moneys.

The name "Łódź" comes from the river "Łódka", "a small boat". It is a fairly young city that expanded greatly in the industrial revolution. Łódka still flows in the underground of Łódź.

The town of Mikołajki was so named because the church of St. Nicholas (Mikołaj). In 1515 a bridge was built here. A toll was charged for crossing the bridge. Taverns were built by the bridge. The town were built by by the taverns. The name of the village 'Piekło' - 'Hell' comes from the word 'piec' - 'bake'. In the Middle Ages in Poland, a network of service villages existed at every stronghold. Such villages, instead of paying tribute in money or grain, produced various goods for the stronghold's crew or provided various services for the stronghold's crew. Many towns in Poland are named according to the activities that were performed in them for the benefit of the stronghold's crew. Bread was probably baked in 'Piekło'. And in Hell, souls were baked.

Translations of those places are actually pretty accurate.

- Hej, z skąd jesteś? - Przemyśl (Dwie godziny później) - Daj mi spokój.... Za dużo myślałem. - Hi, where u are living? - Think about it (Two hours later) - Give me calm... I've been much thinking!

Fun fact: There is a 'Diabelski szlak' (Devil's Trail), connecting two villages - 'Piekło' (Hell) and 'Niebo' (Heaven). So you go from Hell to Heaven, quite literally... or you can go the other way around, depending where you want to end up in the end.

There are few mistakes in translations, like: Ostatni Grosz - "The last penny" is a real village. Next to Gdansk - Kołobrzeg - it isn't "Around the coast" its "Near the coast" or "Next to coast". "Koło czegoś" means "Near to something" or "Next to something". Not "Around something" - Zakopane - "Buried", yep true skiing place. For Poland Zakopane is like Aspen in US - Wrzeszcz - "Shout" also true. It's a part/district of Gdansk City. Really nice if you like to find restaurant or want to spent time more actively - Piekło - "Hell". Its a typical polish village name ;) Poland also have a city call Hel (like Hell but with just one "L") at north of the country - Łódź - "Boat". There is a good meme about it. When US president flew to Ukraine in February, he look out the plane window as said "Woow...such a massive destruction in the Ukraine!". But his adviser explained "No, no Mr.Presidet. We are just flying over Łódź" xD No offense to Łódź citizens :) - Cyców - "Titsville", that one gets me even I am pole - Przemyśl - "Think about it" actually comes from its founder name "prince Przemysław" Good episode - I laught a lot 😅

Brzyskorzystewko near Bydgoszcz. I'm not trying to translate into English. I'm not trying to translate into Polish too 🤣

Łódź - in most cases, the coat of arms (of a city) was inherited from a nobleman who owned or bought a village. This is where the coat of arms and later the name of the city came from.

There's also a village called "Ruchocinek" which closely translates to "Jabbie/F*ckie". It's because centuries ago the word "ruchać" meant "to move" (now "ruszać").

It was found that this name comes from an association with the topography of the land: the village of Łodzia was located in an elongated valley located between two rivers. The shape of the area reminded the first settlers of a boat, hence the name of the settlement itself

Cyców and Chełm are quite close to where I live. There are actually two other towns nearby that combined with Cyców sound funny: Nielisz Cyców Niemce sounds a lot like "Do not lick a German woman's tits". We also have a town named Stolec, which literally means "fecal matter", Wdzydze that sounds like "w cyce", which means "in the tits" (said by Spurdo Sparde) and probably countless other examples

Regarding Lodz, theres a legend that says the king who established the village(novadays city) needed a shelter during a storm. Which was provided by a local fisherman's boat. The incident allegedly took place near a river in Lodz called Lodka (small boat)

I think Przemyśl might be etymologically connected to the Slavic name Przemysł, which evolved over time into the current version of the name: Przemysław, which derives from an old Polish word „przem” or „przemy” which means: honest, sincere, open, polite.

7:25 "We don't know where the name of Łódź comes from" I live in Łódź and there is a local legend about creation of the city. A guy called Janusz was looking for a nice place to live and he was rowing his boat until he couldn't sail anymore. He destroyed his boat, used the wood from it to build his house and called the place "Łódź". While it's just a legend, it reveals where is the city's name from

I'm from Łódź :D From wikipedia: "popular theories link it with the medieval village of Lodzia and the now-canalised River Łódka on which the modern city was founded. It may have also derived from the term łoza denoting a willow tree and the personal Old Polish name Włodzisław."

Łódź comes from "Łodzia" - coat of arms used by many noble families in polish history. Przemyśl comes from Přemyslid dynasty from Czechia that influenced the shaping of Polish history.

And Wrzeszcz is not the only one "loud" district of a city. In Wrocław we have a part thet is called Krzyki which means Screams. It was quite popular in crosswords. Here are some more that I didn't see yet in comments: Zławieś Wielka & Zławieś Mała = Big Badvillage & Small Badvillage Tłuszcz = fat, greases If you happen to be in Szczecin and see a road sign "Police" it won't lead you to a police station, it's just a name of a nearby city. I have no idea if that happens in other countries too, but we have many villages called Środa (Wednesday) and it comes from the fact that the it was the market day in that place.

As a Polish person I can confirm there are no translation errors.

Częstochowa, as many mentioned already is the "City of Częstoch", but it sounds like "often buries" or "frequent burials". In the 1980's there were quite a few state funerals in USSR in quick succession, thus the Polish joke of the time that Moscow is going to be renamed Częstochowa because they have burials so frequently there.

Częstochowa (my hometown) is not Silesian! :( historically and geographically it's Małopolska (Lesser Poland). Although currently the city is a part of the Silesian Voivodship, but this is only an illogical administrative division made by our authorities back in 1999.

Hel - helium, hyl, which in Pomeranian dialects means a raised place, open to the winds.

Łódź is name given from a coat of arms "Łodzia", most probably the village thet in XIX century turn in to major production hub because of its location was created or owned by the noble family with this coat of arms.

In Łódź all the rivers are underground. However the most popular theory about the name is that it comes from 1 of the rivers - Łódka (Little Boat)

One of the old, Polish traditions was naming newly founded village or town/city after its founder. In case of city of Przemyśl, this could simply mean "A city founded by Przemysł", where Przemysł is Old Polish form of the man's name of Przemysław. In case of etymology of the name of Przemysł, this name could mean someone clever, ingenious or crafty. Mysł/ myśl = thought or to think, prefix "prze" can denote thinking process or mental capacity.

1. Thanks for high 2nd place of my city, but I've also met its translation "Think over!" 2. In Poland we have much more such a places, e.g. around 120 km southwest from Przemyśl there is a city called Krosno (lit. a Loom) but against its name, the city is famous from glassworks and its hillarious products. 3. Just a capital city Warsaw is divided into districts that some names are curious. Some of them are Włochy (Italy), Praga (Prague) with an estate of Grochów (Peasville), Ursus (lit. from latin a Bear), Ochota (Desire), et al. 3. Apart from Warsaw, there are places that name refers to the other places around the world, i.e. few villages called Ameryka (America), 36 Koreas (some of them are villages, some are districts). 5. According to Koniec świata, there is also village Mała Wieś przy Drodze (Little Village by the Road) located in Mazovian voivodship, around 50 km northwest from Warsaw, at Vistula River.

Łódź, honestly I do not know, just susspect that's from the name of small river UNDER the city. Yes UNDER, no mistake. the river Łódka (small boat) was flowing through the city (village?), but after years was covered, covered and covered by infrastructure so presently that's more like underground canal than the river. Just some time ego opened for visitors and that's pretty interesting.

Rob, you asked where the name Łódź came from. I checked several sources and here is the repeated narrative: The name of the city of Łódź comes from associations with the terrain: "The village of Łodzia was located in an elongated valley, located between two rivers. The shape of the land supposedly reminded the first settlers of Łódź, hence the name. I can post sources if you want.

Two places near my city: - Moszna (Scrotum) - Zimna Wódka (Cold Vodka)

7:05 Well , theres 2 histories around Łódz's name . First one is a ballade about two lovers , Sara and Janusz , Janusz was a peasant from Łęczyca , and one day he met Sarah , one day they decided to run off their houses using a boat , by traveling alongside a river , but when they were traveling , the giants storm has come , so they had to seek safety hiding on a shore , under the boat they were traveling in. After the storm passed , Janusz decided to create a city , after it , its said in legends that he was the first mayor of the city. Second one comes from the River's name , that city is placed on. River łódka. This river is responsible for most of city's water , and works as a sewage system. Coming to city you may not see it very clearly , through it is mostly below city , łódz is city placed on very hydrated soil , where many bigger or smaller rivers and lakes connected , thats why when Łódz administration wants to place Metro's or expand the train stations , it gets flooded , example can be Łódz fabryczna train station. Clearly the guy behind the video didnt do any kind of research or didnt came to łódz at all , theres like a lot of museums , and books about history of this city, nearly everywhere around city , biggest one being next to biggest shopping mall in łódz : Manufaktura. Kinda sucks but uh , heres an accual story , so people don t get confused what drunk pole named a city "boat".

God. My fiance lives in Gdańsk Wrzeszcz (shout), if I got a dollar for every time instead of just *saying* the name, someone shouted "GDAŃSK" as a destination, I'd have enough to avoid NFZ. Also in Wrzeszcz there's a suburb called Niedźwiednik which we translate to "Bearsville"- ironically it's infested with hoards of wild boars.

5:45 No, the only reason the villages are called Piekło is that "piekło" in Old Polish was "tar" and it would also earlier mean "something whitch was baked". You can compare "piekło" to "piekarz" (baker) or "piec" (furnace).

9:25 something what's missing from translation, is that "Helmet" translated to "Helm", so it looks like "Chełm" is spelling error (as both "Ch" and "H" is spelled the same way...) But that's because etymology of both words is different: "Helm" comes from germany and means "Helmet" "Chełm" comes from pre-slavic times and means "Hill"

Łódź have this name after tiny river called Łódka (small boat) Actually Zakopane is Za (behind) kopa (Mountain in local slang).

I know three etymologies of the name of the city of Łódź, and only one mentions the boat as such. I) The name comes from the coat of arms of the bishops locating the village, which became a town (they had a boat in the coat of arms). II) The name comes from Salix cinerea, in Poland it is also known as "Łoza". III) From the name of Włodzisław, originally called "Włodzia", and eventually changed to Łódź.

Hey Rob! Thanks for the reaction 🤍❤Keep up the great work!

"Częstochowa" literally translates to "Oftenhides". Hidden is "schowana/schowany" in Polish.

About Łódź... There's several tiny rivers going through the city. One of them (and most recognizable) is called Łódka (small boat) or Łodzia (in the old days) - and because this river is running literally through the city that's where city name came from.

Of course, the village "Zimna Wódka" which means Cold Vodka was forgotten

I have another one Białystok- White slope, of course it's not in mountains, it's in north-east Poland and completely flat.

Kolberg it is a calque of the Polish name Kołobrzeg. In Polish "koło" (the circle) means not only the circle but also "near, next to", so the name translates "near to the shore".

Łódź. Most likely, the name of the city came from the coat of arms of its founder, Gerward Łodzic. His coat of arms is a completely different story.

I would gladly add to this list, a polish town called Zduńska Wola, which literally means "The will of Zduns". While you migh wonder who Zdun is - It's a profession that deals with building tiled stoves, and other stoves of multipurpose. Although Zduńska Wola was founded as a city at early 19th century, the major production were textiles, but it's considered that the base for the name was a nearby village called Zduny - that originates from an old slavic dialekt meaning to build stoves from clay. What is worth mentioning, Zduńska Wola is the city, that many famous ppl were born - although most of them are known in the country, but theres one man, named Maksymilian Faktorowicz, who in early 20th century migrated to US, and started there a very first cosmetic industry, which is currently known all over the world as Max Factor.

Swornegacie .The old Polish word "sworny" meant compatible, sworka means a relationship, and sworność means unanimity, agreement, or compliance. From the old Polish swora comes today's pin as well as the valve, compact, and keystone. Swornegacie are compact dikes. Hence the proper Kashubian name - SWORNEGACE.

0:17 - this is exactly where "psy dupami szczekają" ;D "Nieznanowice" should be rather translated as "unknownville" or "dontknowville", "Częstochowa" = "OftenHides", "Kołobrzeg" = "ByTheCoast". The rest sent me crying! XD

2:50 if this last penny was golden, it could actually buy land

It was found that the name Łódź (Boat) came from the association with the shape of the terrain: the village of Lodzia was located in an elongated valley, situated between two rivers. Apparently, the shape of the terrain reminded the first settlers of a boat, hence the name of the settlement itself.

In many cases shown in the film which You were reacting to, names sound funny in PL as well, but spelling is absolutely different. Of course literal translation to ENG of what You can hear in PL is quite accurate and I know that it sounds even more funny in ENG. Would say that this can be called some kind of homonyms. Sometimes it is very hard to translate the names - for that reason usually trying to use original ones. Although such a literal translation is funny and definitely worth of having a discussion about it 😅 Nice job, like the film

About Cyców - there was an amateur football team called "Transport Cyców" which can be translated as "Transport of Tities" :)

Klient dzwoni do pizzerii: -Dzień dobry dostarczacie pizzę do Piekła -Nie, panie tam diobeł straszy -Hahahah dobre, ale to dostarczacie czy nie -Nie jeszcze życie nam miłe, dowodzenia 😂😂😂

Every time I remember Poland has one of World's Ends I feel honored to be native Polish more then anywhen else

Łódź took its name from a local river called Łódka (small boat). That was in medieval times. The river no longer exists although it used to provide water for the industry in XIX century.

also in north west part of poland we have a small town call "Stolec" so is also a medical name for poo. But in old polisch meaning "Stolec" mean throne. Also there is a village Nowe Laski what can be translated as "New Chick's"

Biły Kał has double meaning. Kał/uża in Polish is a puddle that is close to a mud pool. White Mud or white turbid mud is more correct translation of that place name.

2:55: It's not "penny" exactly but the Grosz is an analoguous denomination with different historic values. Once ago, the Złoty (a unit of gold worth about 3 grams of silver) used to be divided into 30 Groszy so that "last penny" was worth 1/10th of a gram of silver 4:00: Or buried under the snow... 8:18: Cyc is considered vulgar. You might sometimes see "cycki" as a plural version of it though.

Probably missing my favourite one being "Zagacie" which would be "[grab/pull] by the pants" (more often than not, it's more of "underpants" for "gacie").

In Poland we sometimes reffer to Łódź as "Polish London" because like London, it's a depressing city where everyone stabs each other Also the "Przemyśl" in my opinion could be an old form of word "Przemysł" which means "Industry"

In Sucha Psina is a small football club called: Żądło Sucha Psina - Sting Dry-Doggy. And here is my favourite Polish village: Zimna Wódka - Cold Vodka

When you go to Częstochowa, you often go up and down hills. So you don't see it often. Maybe that's where the name came from :)

Zakopane is not buried. Even Poles may not know it. Kopa is a small hill in the local dialect. Za kopą it's behind the hill

PRZEMYŚL Jan Długosz says that the founder of the city was Prince Przemysław and the name of the city comes from him. According to the legend, the prince went hunting and in the place where he hunted a bear, he founded a settlement with a bear in the coat of arms.

5:31 Piekło in polish is "hell" but it comes from baking (hot as in hell- bake- Piec) so as a name of town or village it comes from "a place where bakers live" or a place, where it is very hot.

There was a legend about knights, who sleep under the mountains, waiting for the final call to protect Poland. When I was little I thought it was the reason, why this place was called Zakopane. There's also a mountain called Sleeping Knight(Giewont). I also live near a small village called Boża Wola(Will of God or God's Will?), and my family had a funny story about it, when at my aunt's wedding, a priest from Boża Wola asked my aunt's friend "A pani to z Bożej Woli?"(Are you from Will of God?), and she answered "Nie, ja tu zaproszona byłam!" (No, I was invited!).

One of the legend says that Przemyśl was build by duke Przemysław or Przemysł (both old slavian names). Seems probable.

Częstoch was local prince and founder of city Częstochowa. Nieznanowice means "Unknown Town" Mikołajki means "Little Nicolases". Kołobrzeg means "Near the Coast" Wrzeszcz means "Yell" Besides "Piekło", we have "Czyściec" ("Purgatory") and "Niebo" ("Heaven") "Przemyśl" means "Think It Off" "Ustka" means "Little Mouths" We also have cities: "Kłopoty Stanisławy" ("Stana's Troubles), "Burdele" ("Brothels"), "Ogórki" ("Cucumbers"), "Alfonsy" ("Pimps"), "Ujma Duża" ("Big Detriment"), "Ujma Mała" ("Little Detriment") - Big and Little refers to size, Sworne gacie ("Mischievious underpanties"), "Czystochleb" ("Clean Breat"), "Baby" ("Women") and many more.

4:25 I live here! It is propably The biggest region/district in Gdańsk. It is famous not only for cafes. It is just a City inside the city. It Has more historical and cultural part with Lots of old houses, breweries, cafes and universities, but also modern part with skyscrapers (at least 2 xD), galleries, shopping malls and blocks of flats. It is propably famous from the biggest millitary barracks, brewery and weapon factories in all prussia (germany) (pomerania region was occupated by germans for a long time, and they even claim this region as purely German, but it is not. It is 100% Polish with German influence). Nowadays The brewery and barracks are gone because of the war. There is big shopping mall in The place of brewery, and big housing estate in The place of barracks. The only thing that remained is emperors villa and location of railway station. But that does not end up here. There are also few other funny names of city districts: -Aniołki "Angels" (it is next to Wrzeszcz) -Zaspa "Dune" (next to Wrzeszcz as well) -Hełm "Helmet" -Stogi "haystacks" -Jelitkowo "intestinesville"/"Gutsville" - Oliwa "Olive oil" - Osowa "Oh! Owl!" (Sort of) - Kowale "Smiths" - Suchanino "dry ville" - Morena "Moraine" -Niedźwiednik "Bear hive" -VII Dwór "7th palace" - Święty Wojciech "Saint Adalbert" (These were districts of gdańsk, now it is time for Warsaw) - Praga "Prague" - Włochy "Italy" (or "Hair" xD) - Wola "Wish" There are some other funny names, but maybe another time.

Here's a few more only from my neighborhood: - Żaby (Frogs) - Boża Wola (God's Will) - Bramki (Gates or Goals) - Karolina (Caroline) - Gole (Goals) - Tłuste (Greasys, Fats) - Kaski (Helmets (for bikers or builders)) - Reguły (Rules) - Piorunów (Tunderboltville) - Nowa Górna (New Upper) - Górna Wieś (Upper Village) - Stara Wieś (Old Village - Nowa Wieś (New Village) - Pasikonie (Grasshopper) - Wąsy (Moustache) - Moszna (Scrotum) - Podkowa Leśna (Forest Horseshoe) - Granica (Border) - Mrozy (Freezes) - Laski (Walking Sticks) - Czarny Las (Black Forest) - Międzyborów (Between Forests) - Suchy Las (Dry Forest)

Nowadays "kał" means poop, but in the past it meant clay. "Biały Kał" was a place where white clay occurred.

There is more funny or strange names,I could name them for hours, Jezioro -lake Niebo - heaven Stare Babki- old grannies Piaski - sands Raczki - little crayfish Jelenia góra -dears mountain Zielona góra - green mountain Łysa góra - bald mountain And many ,many more

Gońcyce > Chase Tits (Village) Rozkosz >Delight (village) Łysa Góra > bald mountain (village)

From what I found, Łódź (a different name back in the day) was founded near a small stream that merged with a river called Łódź. There was nothing spiritual or mildly crucial about the name.

7:20 I'm not so sure about this one. Łódź was founded on a terrain with tens of small rivers. In early days it was a textile industry driven city, cause that needed a lot of water back then. So while it might've not been a trading hub, it most definitely has been river bound.

as for honorable mentions: ->many villages tend to have names with either "Nowe XX" or "Stare XX" added to them. historicaly there was just a village called XX, but over the years as new houses were build local people tend to add these "New" and "Old" to differ between the two, especialy if they were building of similiar funcions in each of them(like tavern,mill etc.)

My Mother family hause is in Ławki (Benches), a village in Greater Poland...near that place is Niewolno ( Enslaved) or Gołąbki (Little pigeons) Near my place are Rumunki (Romanian)... Poland is butefull and full of strange names of places

Well translation was fine. And we have hundreds weirdest place names, actually we laught from them a lot xD BTW we have village named "Zimna Wódka" = "Cold Vodka" :)

5:22 - that's actually more likelt related to cellars. The villages probably had cellars for either meat or alcohol storing. We often call cellars "piekiełko", which means "little hell".

I travel around Poland a lot and my wife and I often have fun with some place names. There are a lot of them in Poland :D

There is a "Psie Pole" (Dog's Field) in Wroclaw. Its name comes from the marshy, "useless" land. I personally drove through "Pustynia" (Desert). It is just off the A4, near Dębica. I go on holiday to "Białowąs" (White moustache), in the Szczecinek ("Little Szczecin" which is nowhere close to Szczecin) district. The "Ostatni Grosz", the is a major road in Wrocław (German Breslau) named "Na ostatnim groszu" (on your last penny) "Sobótka" (Little saturday) outside of Wrocław; I have driven through "Węgry" (Hungary) a tiny village near Wrocław (DK346 and railway line)

The names of Polish villages or towns often come from the names of professions performed by local residents. For example, the name of the village Hell came from the fact that the inhabitants were engaged in firing clay pots or blacksmithing. During the firing of ceramics, high temperatures prevail, hence the name Hell - hot as hell. Perhaps the inhabitants of the city of Łódź in the Middle Ages were involved in the construction of wooden boats, or the best carpenters came from there. In Poland, in colloquial language, "cyc" is a term for a female breast, male penis or cow's udder.

Buses going towards eastern border have often written route - "Jarosław Przemyśl Medyka", which are towns where that buses stop, but also can be read as "Jarosław (Kaczyński ;) ), think about the doctor"

About a mile from one of the villages of Hell, you will find the village of Heaven. Both are small villages, but for several decades only one of them had a church - and it was not the one you suspect:) A word about Przemyśl - it's just verbal coincidence with the word "think". The founder of the city was prince Przemysław, so his city was named after him. And one more interesting fact that when you drive through Poland by car, you often come across several villages with a similar root name - usually consecutive villages are described by adjectives: "big", then "small", and then - for some unknown reason - "church". There are also places where creativity was clearly lacking, and the villages are literally called "first" and "second".

Sucha Psina could means also colloquially Skinny Doggy. When someone is really skinny like a skeleton, starved, we say "suchy", because there is no fat in his body. Literally dry, colloquially, in this precised, body shape context - skinny (it could be not nice).

Im from Łódź (Boat) and can confirm, no one knows for certain why it's called that. There is however a legend that says, that there was once a guy named Janusz who wanted to live somewhere else. So he took his boat and decided to sail down a river until he finds the right place. At some point in his journey it started raining heavily and Janusz's boat started to fill with water. So he got off the river and decided to wait the rain out under the cover of his boat turned upside down. After it stopped raining Janusz went out from under the boat and saw a beautiful scenery. He decided that he's going to live here from now on and name the place "Łódź" after the boat that he lord him survive. Of course there is nothing to confirm that it's real, but I personally like this legend