place name
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To the European Union, Feta, though not a place name, can come only from a region of Greece that has millennia of tradition making that kind of cheese.
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
And in the mass of places whose derivation it is impossible to establish the primitive roots of a Celtic place name may very possibly survive.
From The Historic Thames by Hilaire Belloc
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