place name
Example Sentences
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In the Middle East, a place name is never just a name—it is a claim.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026
I’d been discussing the Holocaust for 45 minutes and the whole time he’d heard “Nazi Germany” as “Nazi, Germany,” as though I were saying a place name like “Atlanta, Georgia.”
From New York Times • Jul. 1, 2022
In the woods, Senderovsky has built a crescent of bungalows around a main house, each with an exotic place name.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 12, 2021
Santa Ana Canyon was the place where the wind that whipped down into Orange County got a place name, as early as 1871 — when Orange County was still part of L.A.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 28, 2021
A place name on the Pacific coast; sandy beach and arid tropical scrub forest.
From The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michoacán, México by Duellman, William E.
