place name

Example Sentences

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While cattle dominate Ireland's mythological traditions, goats tend to appear in local customs, place names, and seasonal practices.

From Science Daily

In the Middle East, a place name is never just a name—it is a claim.

From The Wall Street Journal

The province's president Arno Kompatscher told AFP that place names were bilingual out of "respect for people's sensitivities" in an area with a turbulent history.

From Barron's

When the Romans left, Anglo-Saxon place names replaced Celtic ones, but geneticists estimate that in the parts of England closest to Germany, only about 10% of the population were Anglo-Saxon.

From The Wall Street Journal

Faced with ambigrams of the seven colors of the rainbow, two dozen Italian place names and all 50 states, a reader’s “wow” soon fades to “SOS.”

From The Wall Street Journal