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Posted Nov 24, 2000 by Gnomon [See A60420098 for details of new sign-in system]
There are numerous places in the world with four-letter names, for example Baku, a city with over a million people.
Are there are any three-letter places? Prizes go for big million-sized cities.
Are there any two-letter places?
Are there any one letter places?
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Posted Nov 24, 2000 by Ardzil ( Squad No-4 )
there is a place in dumfries & galloway, scotland called AE
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Posted Oct 23, 2001 by Aloysius Q. Blenkinsop Minor
I understand there is a village called 'O' in China, and somewhere in Eastern Europe there is a 'T'. However this still has to be ratified.
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Posted Oct 23, 2001 by Gnomon [See A60420098 for details of new sign-in system]
LA is probably the shortest abbreviation for a very long name. Even Los Angeles is only a shortened form of the full name, which I can't remember.
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Posted Oct 23, 2001 by Is mise Duncan
According to my UK database, the shortest town names where an insurance claim has been lodges are Ayr and Bow.
I'll just log in to the other countries to see if anybody else can do better...
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Posted May 27, 2002 by Researcher 195260
Of course there are shorter place names: In Serbia there is a place called Ub, and in Slovenia there is a village called Ig. There is also an island in Croatia, Iz.
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Posted Jul 8, 2002 by Researcher 198093
Here in Norway there is at least one place called Å.
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Posted Nov 4, 2002 by Dazi
Obviously it's not the shortest, but there is a town called Nut in New Mexico.
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Posted Nov 4, 2002 by Dazi
How would you pronounce Å?
And, how complicatd is the Chinese form of O? (how many strokes in the character)
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Posted Nov 4, 2002 by Gnomon [See A60420098 for details of new sign-in system]
Å is a Norwegian letter which is pronounced "aw" as in law.
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Posted Nov 4, 2002 by Is mise Duncan
I think we'd have to rule out Chinese as most of their place names are one to three characters long - Bei Jing, Shang Hai, Da Lian etc.
There's always the town in Kerry by the name of "Inch" 
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Posted Nov 4, 2002 by Gnomon [See A60420098 for details of new sign-in system]
By that reasoning, Mr Angstrom has the shortest surname in the world!
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Posted Aug 3, 2003 by Researcher 237151
Many cities or villages' names in France are two letters.
But at least the shortest is 'Y' in Somme area (north).
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Posted Aug 6, 2004 by simon_s_
Prizes for million-sized three-letter cities? What about Ufa, Russia? Three letters, 1.1 million inhabitants!
What did I win?! What did I win?! 
And there's another two-letter town in The Netherlands, called Ee.
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Posted Aug 7, 2004 by Gnomon [See A60420098 for details of new sign-in system]
You win a bottle of virtual champagne!
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Posted Oct 3, 2005 by kissmyforce
The shortest name of a place is Ae. It's two letters and located in Europe, the UK if I'm not mistaken.
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Posted Oct 4, 2005 by Gnomon [See A60420098 for details of new sign-in system]
Hi kissmyforce! If you read through the other postings you will see that there are many places with one-letter names such as Å and Y.
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Posted Apr 17, 2006 by philgriff1990
there is a place in france called 'Y'
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Posted May 28, 2006 by Nick_Canada
Yes! There is a village in France called "A". It is situated a few Kilometres north of Gouzon, France and southwest of Montluçon, France. It is a village of wine-making. 
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