place name

NOUN

name

Synonyms

STRONGEST

brand flag label nickname sign signature style term

STRONG

agnomen alias appellation autograph cognomen denomination designation epithet eponym handle head heading matronymic moniker monogram namesake patronymic pseudonym rubric sobriquet surname tag

WEAK

agname autonym compellation nom de guerre nom de plume nomen pen name pet name prenomen proper name stage name trade name

Antonyms

WEAK

unknown

Example Sentences

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There are no hard-and-fast rules about when a place name or other traditional description attached to a product becomes generic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

The first – and easiest – challenge features five images, representing a place name.

From BBC • Dec. 11, 2024

“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

Glacier Ridge, opposite Horn Peak, is not just a place name on a map; it also describes a geological origin story.

From New York Times • Mar. 13, 2023

This place name therefore designates at one time a cluster of several little towns and on other occasions one of these towns.

From The Aboriginal Population of the North Coast of California by Cook, Sherburne Friend

place name

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