> Below are some Garish toponyms, as well as information about them, like whether they're canon and a description:
Legacy Spelling | English Name | Source | Canon | Etymology | Description | Location | Notes | |
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Aldoä | Aldoae | Aldoae | Terraria | yes | ald (‘old’) + oä (‘island’) | a fairly large island | to be determined | the name of my main Terraria world |
Altåg | Altaug | Altaug | in-universe | yes | ald (‘old’) + håg (‘hill’) | an unwalled city, originally a farmstead, at the foot of a large hill for which it's named | fairly central, near the west coast of the mainland | the first ever Garish city I named |
Fällsteärsalch | Faellstearsalch | Meteor Temple | Terraria | no | fällster (‘meteor’, itself from fallan (‘fall’) + ster (‘star’)) + alch (‘temple’) | a Greek-style temple at the top of hill with a shrine to meteor heads, made of marble and meteorite | N/A | a build in Terraria I made to keep new meteorites from spawning by having lots of meteorite already on the surface |
Gapsfästning | Gapsfaestning | Chasm Fortress | Terraria | to be determined | gap (‘chasm’) + fästning (‘fortress’, itself from fästnen (‘fortify’)) | a fortress built on a bridge spanning Howling Gorge | far north, over Howling Gorge | my way of dealing with the Corruption biome in Terraria |
Grötscäl | Grauitsceal | The Great Carapace | Terraria | yes | gråt (‘great’) + scäl (‘carapace’) | a large bridge | to be determined | the largest bridge in Garishland; built as a larger version of the Western Carapace |
Håhag | Hauhag | Hauhag | Terraria | yes | håch (‘high’) + håg (‘hill’) | a moderately-sized town | to be determined | the name of the main town in my main Terraria world |
Hülklüf | Huilkleuf | Howling Gorge | Terraria | yes | hülen (‘howl’) + kluf (‘gorge’) | a steep gorge carved through mountainous terrain by the Drimple | far north | just coined on the day of making this chart |
Mircið | Mircidi | The Mircidian Forest | Terraria | yes | mirc (‘dark, gloomy’) + -ið, a variant of wið (‘wood; woodland’) | a large forest | stretches from central to north Garishland | equivalent to English Murkwood, following the Germanic tradition of naming forests ‘black forest’ |
Tinne Tilde | Tinne Tilde | Tin Tilly | Terraria | yes | tinen (‘made of tin’) + Tilde, a pet form of Mächtild (‘Matilda’) | a small bridge with a metal roof, for which it's named | to be determined | in Terraria, it's a tiny bridge in the remnants of the western jungle |
Tröllssnieðing | Troellssniething | Troll's Crossing | Terraria | yes | troll (‘troll’) + snieðing (‘crossing’), from snieðen (‘to cut off; to intersect’)) | a small bridge over a gully | southeast | in Terraria, it's a tiny bridge far to the west |
Watarþorp | Watarthorp | Waterthorpe | Terraria | yes | watar (‘water’) + þorp (‘small, rural settlement’) | a small village | to be determined | in Terraria, it's the jungle town |
Westenn | Westenn | Westenn | Terraria | yes | west (‘west’) + -enn, slender variant of -ann (‘port, landing’) | a small fishing town | southwest coast | in Terraria, it's the village next to the western ocean |
Westfêsbrüegg | Westfeesbreuigg | West Fairy Bridge | Terraria | yes | west (‘west’) + fê (‘fairy’) + brüegg (‘bridge’) | the western half of a larger structure, called Fairy Bridge | to be determined | the older section of the bridge, originally just called Fairy bridge due to historically frequent fairy sightings |
Westscäl | Westsceal | The Western Carapace | Terraria | yes | west (‘west’) + scäl (‘carapace’) | a moderately-sized bridge resembling the Great Carapace | somewhere in the west | older than the Great Carapace, but significantly smaller |
Äldsnieðing | Aeldsniething | Aeldsniething | Terraria | yes | ald (‘old’) + snieðing (‘crossing’, from snieðen (‘to cut off; to intersect’)) | a fairly large island | to be determined | an old bridge over a small river |
Ölefsspier | Auilefsspier | Olaf's Tower | Terraria | yes | Ölef (‘Olaf’) + spier (‘tower’) | a large tower remaining from destroyed castle | to be determined | abandoned for a long time after the destruction of the surrounding castle, but later refurbished and inhabited by Olaf the Wise, also known as Olaf the Recluse, a Garish king and alchemist; at present, it's a historic site |
Östfêsbrüegg | Auistfeesbreuigg | East Fairy Bridge | Terraria | yes | åst (‘east’) + fê (‘fairy’) brüegg (‘bridge’) | the eastern half of a larger structure, called Fairy Bridge | to be determined | the newer section of the bridge |
Þe Drimpel | The Drimpel | The Drimple | in-universe | yes | unknown; possibly from North Garish dreempel, a variant of druimpel (‘pit; well’) | a large river running northwest | far north, draining into the North Sea near the tip of Garishland | like Howling gorge, just coined on the day of making this chart |
> Têr blad in åk Gärisc.