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Town names that are simple, English words

These geographical features have names that are simple English words. Some quite amusing. Two hints given.
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Last updated: June 9, 2022
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Island of the Small Isles of the Inner Hebrides./ Made from sugar cane.
Rum
Town in Montenegro./The best place to drink sugar cane.
Bar
City in Croatia./Break or cause to break forcibly into parts, especially into halves or along the grain.
Split
An irregular parcel of land (a kind of 'no man's land' and usually triangular) that is created by incompetent surveyors./What the adult male of the species Bos taurus tries to do (and sometimes does) to matadores, picadores, banderilleros, mozo de epadas and anyone during la fiesta.
Gore
Settlement on Snake Island, Ukraine in the Black Sea./A bitter, greenish-brown alkaline fluid which aids digestion.
Bile
A traditional, territorial sub-division of the county of Sussex in England, formerly used for various administrative purposes./Sex crime.
Rape
Town in Latvia./A cruel or terrifying person.
Ogre
Town in Latvia./Simian.
Ape
Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada. Northernmost, continuously inhabited place on earth./Watchful.
Alert
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City in Eastern Anatolia, Turkey./Road vehicle for transporting goods or people.
Van
City in Bulgaria./A deceptive action.
Ruse
Island of the North Isles of Shetland, Scotland./Shout.
Yell
Largest settlement of the above, situated in the middle of the island./Halfway through a shout?
Mid Yell
One of the four states of the Federated States of Micronesia./What those ugly, little Chihauhaus do annoyingly.
Yap
Town in county Meath, Ireland./Shorten and neaten by cutting.
Trim
City in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany./A person who always makes an effort regardless of success or failure.
Trier
Town in Newfoundland, Canada./Bedroom appliance.
Dildo
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Level 62
Nov 28, 2023
Good fun, and plenty of places I hadn't heard of; I was thinking along the same lines with my "towns with unusual names" efforts.