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place name
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place name
(noun)
place name
noun
plural
place names
place name
noun
plural
place names
Britannica Dictionary definition of PLACE NAME
[
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]
:
the name of a city, town, lake, country, etc.
Many of the area's
place names
come from Native American languages.
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