Place names that sound like they belong in a different country.

[tonique]

Czech Republic
Varnsdorf

Seems very likely to be a German name originally. It's right at the modern border of Germany and Czech Republic, too. "Dorf" means 'village' in German.

New Smyrna Beach in Florida, sounds like a place in Izmir. I learned that the town was founded by migrants from Izmir.

"Smyrna" or "Smyrne" was the old Greek name of what is now Izmir, as the Greeks founded the city. There likely were settlers before Greeks as well. Later the name became "İzmir" in Turkish. The sound changes are evident: /y/ has changed to /i/, final /na/ has been dropped and /i/ has been inserted in the beginning. It's logical that settlers from Izmir would have named a place in their new home after their old home, giving it in the language of the new country.

Names often remain when new people settle a place. The name will then be adapted to their own language.

[Viridian1]

Ragusa in Sicily and it sounds like in Croatia
Syracuse in USA and it sounds like in Sicily

American town and cities names come from the "old world" or native Americans