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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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

The first – and easiest – challenge features five images, representing a place name.

From BBC • Dec. 11, 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

That is the world’s longest place name, according to the Guinness World Records.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 17, 2022

The only virtue claimed for the story is that it is all literally true: every place, name and date being authentic.

From The Emma Gees by McBride, Herbert Wes

place name

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