place name
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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To the European Union, Feta, though not a place name, can come only from a region of Greece that has millennia of tradition making that kind of cheese.
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
Registering a place name is not allowed without "acquired distinctiveness".
From BBC • Jan. 1, 2024
This is a traditional place name for the waterway and the translation of the Clallam word “Scɬəqʷ.”
From Seattle Times • Jun. 11, 2023
Ah, fond deceit! the rude green bud Alike in shape, place, name, Had bloom'd, where bloom'd its parent stud, Another and the same!
From Literary Remains, Volume 1 by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
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