Trying to come up with a unique city name for a game set in a steampunk/gothic-esque world. It is a large city known for being a central trading hub and housing a diverse population. I want it to have a unique name so not something simple like King’s Port, or Highwall, etc. Here are some I’ve come up with:
Rheinwal
Deltev
Vanguard
Grankirk
Ravenport
Vanwal
Eldergate
Vanderport
Blackgate
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Feel free to offer your own suggestion, the more ideas the merrier.
I think it would help to know what the city’s history and defining features are. Cities outside of the US (where a lot of settlers simply reused the names of their European hometowns) are often named for geographical features, historical events or real or imagined patrons.
Rheinwal was already covered, Grankirk literally means ‘grand church’, Vanderport ‘of the port’ AFAIK. The others are self-explanatory or nonsensical to me (Deltev, Vanwal). In order to pick one I’d have to know which fits moreso than which sounds coolest.
Oh wow. I made a post for this exact topic a few months ago. Ended up going with “Brass Haven” and “Fort Russet” for my city names, but here’s the link if you wanted to take a look at some of the other suggestions. (Personally like Ravenport the best)