History Main / NamedworldAndNamedland

[[caption-width-right:349: What is this, an amusement park?]]

** Most episodes of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' take place in a completely different version of Ponyville. Every other city also has a punny horse name, but none as blatant.[[note]]Except when they are. Indeed, this version of "Ponyville" was originally going to be called [[IncrediblyLamePun "Fillydelphia"]].[[/note]]

A very, very popular naming scheme for many, many things. Simply take an attribute and append "-land" or "-world" to it. It's the easiest way to come up with the name of a country (sometimes to the point of parody). {{Amusement Park}}s in particular are almost always guaranteed to use this name scheme, if only to riff on Ride/{{Disneyland}} and Ride/WaltDisneyWorld. (In fact, the trope for parodies of those parks on ThisVeryWiki is "SouvenirLand".)

A very, very popular naming scheme for many, many things. Simply take an attribute and append "-land" or "-world" to it. It's the easiest way to come up with the name of a country (sometimes to the point of parody). {{Amusement Park}}s in particular are almost always guaranteed to use this name scheme, if only to riff on Ride/{{Disneyland}} and Ride/WaltDisneyWorld.

* [[Ride/DisneyThemeParks Walt Disney World and Disneyland]], [[{{Franchise/LEGO}} Legoland]], Canada’s Wonderland, and many other ThemeParks. Also, Disneyland (Disneyland Resort) and the Magic Kingdom (Disney World Resort) have Fantasyland, Frontierland, Adventureland, and Tomorrowland. Tokyo Disneyland changes Frontierland to "Westernland" (because "frontier" doesn't have a good equivalent word in the Japanese language) and Disneyland Park in Disneyland Paris changes Tomorrowland to "Discoveryland" (because this version of Tomorrowland took inspiration from European thinkers and creators such as Creator/JulesVerne).

* [[Ride/DisneyThemeParks Disneyworld and Disneyland]], [[{{Franchise/LEGO}} Legoland]], Canada’s Wonderland, and many other ThemeParks. Also Disneyland (Disneyland Resort) and the Magic Kingdom (Disney World Resort) have Fantasyland, Frontierland, Adventureland, and Tomorrowland.

* The United States Of America has many cities wth names that end in “land.”

* The German word for “Germany” is Deutschland.
* An archipelago off he southernmost tip of the South American mainland and across the Strait of Magellan is called Tierra Del Fuego, which is Spanish for “land of fire.”

* ''Series/RedDwarf'': In one episode, Rimmer crashes on to a lifeless planet, which he proceeds to terraform. Afterwards, he decides to refer to the planet as "Rimmerworld".

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** ''[[VideoGame/MarioParty Mario Party 2]]'': Per the game's story, the reward for the winner of the game is to rename the land after themselves, so it could be Mario Land, Luigi Land, etc. Every single board has this sort of theme name as well: Space Land, Horror Land, Pirate Land, Western Land, Mystery Land and the invading Bowser Land.

* The map Blizzard World in ''VideoGame/Overwatch'', a theme park based on developer Blizzard's various titles.

* ''VideoGame/Overwatch'' features the aptly-named map Blizzard World, a theme park based on developer Blizzard's various titles.

* In ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'', "The City of Townsville" is an example of both this trope and DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment, as the suffix "ville" also means "city".

Similar to {{Premiseville}}. Compare {{Countrystan}}. The {{Egopolis}} has a good chance of employing this, especially if the ruler is a CardCarryingVillain.

* The part of the continent where all the action takes place in ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'' is called the Westlands, or the Wetlands by the people of a neighboring desert. The same area, and alternately, the whole planet, is called Randland [[FanNickname by fans]].

** Most episodes of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' take place in a completely different version of Ponyville. Every other city also has a punny horse name, but none as blatant.[[note]]Except when they are. Indeed, this version of "Ponyville" was originally going to be called [[IncrediblyLamePun "Phillydelphia"]].[[/note]]

* In ''[[VideoGame/MarioParty Mario Party 2]]'', the reward for the winner of the game was to rename the land after themselves, so it could be Mario Land, Luigi Land, etc.
** Every single board had this sort of theme name. Space Land, Horror Land, Pirate Land, Western Land... the theme was apparent in the name too.

* Mario Land in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioLand2SixGoldenCoins''. The first game and any sequels didn't have a place with a name in this format in though.
* Sherbet Land in the ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' series, which is also EdibleThemeNaming and potentially LevelAte, with the Sherbet bit referring to the icy feel of the area. It's in ''VideoGame/WarioLand'', ''VideoGame/MarioKart'' and ''Mario Hoops 3 on 3'', with a similar area called Sherbet Island popping up in ''VideoGame/DiddyKongRacing''

* Dinosaur Land in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld''. Which had a bit of a Prehistoria setting going on and was home to the Yoshis.
* Upon landing on the surface world for the first time with Link in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'', [[JerkJock Groose]] decides that it needs a name. [[LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand Even the background music isn't impressed]] with his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cu-vQwYkYZ4&t=2m38s suggestion:]]

* Every single location in the Super Mario Bros television series had a name in this format. You had the ''Film/JamesBond'' themed Spy Land, the ''Film/MadMax'' themed Car Land, the fairly obvious Pirate World and even the somewhat twist on the formula with its naming El Desert Land and a Mexican theme.
* Ponyland in the original "G1" version of Franchise/MyLittlePony.[[note]]Which includes the original [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTVSpecials TV specials]], [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTheMovie1986 the movie]], [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyAndFriends the TV series]], and also the later [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTales "G1.5" TV series]].[[/note]]

* Rainbowland in WesternAnimation/RainbowBrite.

* [[Ride/DisneyThemeParks Disneyworld and Disneyland]], [[{{Franchise/LEGO}} Legoland]], Canada’s Wonderland, and many other ThemeParks.
** Disneyland (Disneyland Resort) and the Magic Kingdom (Disney World Resort) have Fantasyland, Frontierland, Adventureland, and Tomorrowland.
* {{UsefulNotes/Finland}}, {{UsefulNotes/Poland}}, {{UsefulNotes/Thailand}} and a handful of other countries--including UsefulNotes/{{England}}.
** The various -istan countries as well; the suffix comes from the Persian word for "land."

* ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' has a kingdom known as Midland, which was engaged in a hundred year long with Tudor.

* The greater Chicago metropolitan area is referred to as "Chicagoland"

Similar to {{Premiseville}}. Compare {{Countrystan}}. The {{Egopolis}} has a good chance of employing this.

Similar to {{Premiseville}}. Compare {{Countrystan}}.

* {{UsefulNotes/Finland}}, {{UsefulNotes/Poland}}, {{UsefulNotes/Thailand}} and a handful of other countries.