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Definitions

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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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

“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

Registering a place name is not allowed without "acquired distinctiveness".

From BBC • Jan. 1, 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

If Ashur is to be regarded as an abstract solar deity, who was developed from a descriptive place name, it follows that he had a history, like Anu or Ea, rooted in Naturalism or Animism.

From Myths of Babylonia and Assyria by Mackenzie, Donald Alexander