placename

or place-name, place name

[ pleys-neym ]

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

Origin of placename

1
First recorded in 1865–70; place + name

Words Nearby placename

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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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