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placename

or place-name, place name

[pleys-neym]
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noun
  1. the name given to or held by a geographical location, as a town, city, village, etc.
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Origin of placename

First recorded in 1865–70; place + name
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British Dictionary definitions for place name

place name

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