place name
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Though Sharpeville may be a place name rich in historical resonance, it scarcely looks like a site that symbolises the struggle: the township is slowly crumbling.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
There are no hard-and-fast rules about when a place name or other traditional description attached to a product becomes generic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 2026
“Not one of my colleagues in the legislature voted against the bill because so many recognize this word is not a place name that belongs in California.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2024
Glacier Ridge, opposite Horn Peak, is not just a place name on a map; it also describes a geological origin story.
From New York Times ● Mar. 13, 2023
From the time we crossed the Missouri in May, 1852, until we reached the old fort, no place name was so constantly in the minds of the emigrants as that of Fort Laramie.
From Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail by F. N. (Frederick N.) Wilson
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