This is amusing. It turns out that a number of real, actual geographical place names in the world happen to sound a lot like 1980s Namco arcade video game titles. (If you try to pronounce them in English, anyway.)

I ran across this phenomenon a few years ago when I accidentally learned about Malaga, Spain (i.e. Galaga). After that, I decided to look for other cities and places that sound like (or at least are spelled like) various Namco games. Here is what I’ve found so far:

Galaga

Malaga, a state and a municipality, capital of the Province of MÃ¡laga, in the Autonomous Community of Andalusia, Spain

Galaga, a Village in Devadurga Taluk in Raichur District of Karnataka State, India

Pac-Man

Packman Ave, a street in Mount Vernon, NY, USA

Pacman, Vrbas, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina (Serbia)

Bosconian

Bosconia, a town in the Columbian department of Cesar

Galaxian

Galaxiang, a region in Garze, Sichuan, China

Galax, a city in Virginia, USA

Dig Dug

Digdig, a village in Carranglan, Central Luzon, Philippines

Can you find any that I can add to this list?

Tags: Bosconian, Dig-Dug, Galaga, Galaxian, Google Maps, humor, Ms. Pac-Man, Namco, Pac-Man, place names

