So I'm writing a setting that is a modern fantasy(that surprise,

>>54766284
There are already aptly descriptive names in this world.

>>54766284
Yeah, 90% of real world place names originate from standard descriptions of the land, you just don't realize it because old languages and whatnot. The other ten percent are stuff where someone named it after themselves, like Jamestown.

>>54766284
idunno, seems like its kinda lazy

>>54766284
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/map_of_the_week/2013/06/literal_meanings_of_places_in_the_u_s_map.html

>>54766284
Dude there are places called rocky mountains. grand canyon and salt lake city, which is a city near a salt lake.

>>54766284
Great, OP has a piss river in his setting.

>>54766284
>Is it ok to name things literal, like "yellow river" or "silver mountains"
That's ridiculous, terrible.
Now "yellow mountain" or "silver river" are much more acceptable and realistic.

>>54766284
When in doubt; Latin to the rescue!
Just take the most basic name you have, google it in latin and viola: You have cool sounding name.
I;E; Green fields = viridis plains
Boom, problem solved.

>>54766511
>The other ten percent are stuff where someone named it after themselves,
Even the names go back to words, if you trace it far enough.

>>54766284
Most of Vermont is between the "Green Mountians" and "White Mountains". People are not creative in real life.

>>54770341
>World Stream by the Mountain of Mountains

I'm stealing that naming style right the fuck now, that's amazing.

>>54766284
Just make sure that whatever you do, you don't do this >>54770482 lazy bullshit—especially with Latin—unless you actually render them correctly in whichever language you've chosen. Anything less rings hollow and you should just make something up instead.