r/geography • u/True_Antelope8860 • 2d ago

Whats the place you refer to when something is very very far Discussion

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u/FahkDizchit 2d ago

For some reason my mom always said “Outer Slabovia”…?

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u/OceansideGH 2d ago

An elementary teacher used the phrase outer Mongolia when I was a kid. I didn’t know where Inner Mongolia was at the time. But it sounded pretty far. So I figured Outer Mongolia must’ve been really, really far.

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u/wanderdugg 1d ago

We used Outer Slobovia here too.