place name
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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
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
She said it was not right that the eco project was trying to claim ownership of a word that was a place name, a river and a surname, and used by other businesses in Cumbria.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 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
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 Donald Alexander Mackenzie
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