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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

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

From BBC • Dec. 11, 2024

If a particular place name sounds hilarious to English speakers, you can bet local people are tired of having that pointed out by giggling visitors.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 11, 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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