place name
Britishnoun
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Faced with ambigrams of the seven colors of the rainbow, two dozen Italian place names and all 50 states, a reader’s “wow” soon fades to “SOS.”
He also recommends learning to pronounce a few place names.
From Seattle Times
Around 500 costal place names will initially be included on the mapping tool.
From BBC
In an attempt to remove any vestige of the United States’ brutal past by whitewashing local place names, these individuals unknowingly benefit the very racist tendencies they wish to abolish.
From Washington Post
The IHO is one of National Geographic’s main references, among other sources, for consulting on place names.
From Seattle Times
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