place name
Example Sentences
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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.
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.”
Glyndŵr, a symbol of Welsh nationalism, is remembered in statues, monuments and place names across Wales.
From BBC
The golden bruins emblazon the state flag and seal, live on in cartoonish effigy as university mascots, and roll off the tip of our tongue in place names like Grizzly Flats and Big Bear Lake.
From Los Angeles Times
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