whistle-stop

1. A brief stop on a longer trip, especially by a politician. Are you going to see the presidential candidate on his whistle-stop here tomorrow?

2. A small town along a railroad line. Our town is just a whistle-stop, best known for its proximity to the train line that runs to the big city.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Anakin	AN-a-kin	Popular Culture
Sherlock	SHUR-lahk (English)	Literature
Arness	['a:nəs]
Kjellfrid	-	Norwegian
Irving	['ə:viŋ]
Abel	AY-bəl (English), ah-BEL (Spanish), ə-BEL (Portuguese)	English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Georgian, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek