placename

or place-name, place name

[pleys-neym]

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noun

the name given to or held by a geographical location, as a town, city, village, etc.

Origin of placename

First recorded in 1865–70; place + name

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Related Words for place name

term, brand, style, label, flag, signature, sign, nickname, surname, head, tag, rubric, moniker, cognomen, agnomen, pseudonym, appellation, handle, epithet, denomination

British Dictionary definitions for place name

place name

noun

the name of a geographical location, such as a town or area

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