Share idioms from any language that contain names of places (cities, towns, countries, etc).
I heard this one recently: Via Bhatinda
Bhatinda is a place in Indian Punjab that has always been associated with taking the longer route to anywhere, with the famous “via Bhatinda” catch phrase.
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Bhawaanii Jn. [Junction]:
**
moHavarah: lo jii aa gayaa Bhawaanii Junction!**
it's a large Railway Junction where locomotive and the staff change and as a result the trains halt for a long time, say over 30 minutes. the phrase means a long stop.
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Lucknow Da Kurta...Pathani Shalwaar
Tab Lage Mard Warna Lage Bekaar!
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-Allahabadi amrood :)
-Mathura kaa peRaa
-Agre kii daalmoT
-Agre kaa peThaa
-Khurja kii Khurchan/rabRii
reminds me of the days when i used to travel by train and upon arrival at the respective railway stations i would hear hawkers selling their local delicacies. :)
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ye muhawre hain? 
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maiN ne to aapkii post kaa pahlaa lafz [Lucknow da kurtaa] dekh kar likh diyaa! 
pooraa moHaavarah nahiiN paRhaa thaa…silly me!
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hunooz dilli door ast
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jinhe Lahore nai wekhiya, wo jamiya nai 
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shikarpur say aye ho?
ps: shikarpuri khawateen-o-hazrat say mazrat kay sath
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Ultay bans baraili ko
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Ultay bans baraili ko
what does this mean?
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Hosh main ho Pa-posh main ho? 
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Rampuri baGhal meN chhurii
khaayeN sattoo, bataayeN purii
meaning:
baahar se kuchh aur andar se kuchh nazar aate haiN
baKhuda, aap to mahaa_chor nazar aate haiN! 
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when in rome, do as romans do
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Braili is famous for baans, so this means providing some thing to a place where it is not needed.
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Paposh is not a city:flowers:
bara maidan/abbsi shaheed hospital wala paposh ?
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in punjabi they use gujrati jooti chorr
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what does this mean?
it means:
** taking/telling someone to take a longer route**
ek shahr BaaNs Bareilly [Bareilly] hai aur dusra hai Rai Bareli...
jaanaa ho Bareilly [of Wasim Barelvi] to bataayeN k pahle aap Rai Bareli [is shahr ke ek qasbe, AmeThii, se Indira Gandhi N her family members contest elections] jaaiye phir vahaN se BaaNs Bareilly jaaiye. :D
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also adding muhawras with names of places (towns, etc).
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in punjabi they use gujrati jooti chorr
Gujarat of Chohdri Shuja'at?