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@melancholicwriter – I usually go to Google translate and translate a bunch of words (relating to whatever I’m trying to name) into several languages. Then, I have a nice list and stick words together or tweak them until it sounds nice and, preferably, fairly pronounceable. The languages I pick often correlate to the cultures that I draw inspiration from, or they just sound super cool.

I also LOVE to pore over maps looking for names, and I slightly tweak ones that I like. I typically use the names I find in maps for characters/races/terminology instead of for places/locations. (I have a sneaking suspicion that Tolkien did something similar, because Dunedin is a city in New Zealand, Turin is a city in Italy, etc. 😛 )

Hopefully this helps!