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Meaning of "place name" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PLACE NAME

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PLACE NAME

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Place name is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PLACE NAME MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of place name in the English dictionary

The definition of place name in the dictionary is the name of a geographical location, such as a town or area.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PLACE NAME

place
place card
place in the sun
place kick
place mat
place of safety order
place of worship
place setting
place-kick
place-value
placeable
placebo
placebo effect
placeholder
placekicker
placeless
placelessly
placeman
placemen
placement

WORDS THAT END LIKE PLACE NAME

assumed name
big name
brand name
code name
domain name
family name
file name
filename
first name
full name
given name
good name
household name
know by name
last name
maiden name
middle name
pen name
screen name
stage name
trade name

Synonyms and antonyms of place name in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «place name» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PLACE NAME

Find out the translation of place name to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of place name from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «place name» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

地名
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

nombre del lugar
570 millions of speakers

English

place name
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जगह का नाम
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

اسم المكان
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

название места
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

o nome da cidade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্থানের নাম
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

nom de lieu
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Nama tempat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Ortsname
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

地名
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

장소 이름
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Jeneng panggonan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đặt tên
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இடத்தின் பெயர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्थान नाव
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yer adı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

nome del luogo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Nazwa miejsce
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

назва місця
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Numele loc
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τοπωνύμιο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pleknaam
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ortnamn
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

stedsnavn
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of place name

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PLACE NAME»

The term «place name» is quite widely used and occupies the 45.857 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PLACE NAME» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «place name» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «place name» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about place name

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PLACE NAME»

Discover the use of place name in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to place name and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
In Search of American Place-Name Origins: Clues to ...
A compilation of fascinating and interest-arousing United States place-name origins and their meanings.
Abraham Resnick, 2012
2
An International Glossary of Place Name Elements
Place name elements from over 300 languages are arranged alphabetically, followed by the name of the language or language group of origin, the meaning in English and, in many cases, the word's usage in an actual place name.
Joel F. Mann, 2005
3
Place-name changes since 1900: a world gazetteer
A record of place-name changes that have taken place since the turn of the century, listing, for example, the numerous alterations made since the Russian and Chinese revolutions
Adrian Room, 1979
4
Roxbury Place-Name Stories: Facts, Folklore, Fibs
Facts, Folklore, Fibs Jeannine Green. a feel for what stories might be hiding beyond the cold facts found in documents. I studied family trees of early settlers when I found them. I looked for trees and plants in places where names suggested ...
Jeannine Green, 2009
5
Critical Toponymies: The Contested Politics of Place Naming
This book brings together recent works that conceptualize the hegemonic and contested practices of geographical naming.
Lawrence D. Berg, Jani Vuolteenaho, 2009
6
Classic Maya Place Names
Place Name in Sentence 6. Place Name Formula 7. Xaman and Yaxha' as Place Names 8. Aguateca Place Names 9. Variants of the "Sky-Bone" Compound 10. The "Earth-Bone" Expression 11. "Bone" Glyph in Star Event at Tonina 12.
David Stuart, Stephen D. Houston, 1994
7
The Place Names of New Mexico
THE CENE5IS OF THIS BOOK Between 1936 and 1940, N.M. Writers' Project workers collected information for New Mexico: a Guide to the Colorful State, but except for what appeared in that book, the place-name information remained in files, ...
Robert Hixson Julyan, 1996
8
Place-names, Language and the Anglo-Saxon Landscape
This recognition of the importance of field-names was in some ways counter to the prevailing outlook of the English Place-Name Society; see Gelling 'English Place-Name Studies', pp. 10–11. 82 Gelling 'English Place-Name Studies', p. 12.
N. J. Higham, Martin J. Ryan, 2011
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A Dictionary of British Place-Names
Those for Northern Ireland and the Republic have been reviewed by Dr Kay Muhr , Senior Research Fellow of the Northern Ireland Place Name Project in the Department of Irish and Celtic Studies at Queen's University, Belfast, a former ...
David Mills, 2011
10
Life Lived Like a Story: Life Stories of Three Yukon Native ...
place name (ST) of Natlvc Kwdfeah Dzfk' - place name (T) Kwbnsha - personal name (ST) Terms Kwdnlin Ddn - "people of the rapids" (ST) Kwanshalta - personal name (ST) Kaachgaawda - personal name (Tl) Kaach.ddi - Tlingit- named Crow ...
Julie Cruikshank, 1992

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PLACE NAME»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term place name is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Ancient Greece and the Modern Greek Debt Crisis
“Europe” as a place name in English occurs as far back as the Old English period more than 1,000 years ago, according to the Oxford English ... «The Pappas Post, Jul 15»
2
Cool Arizona place names
... Census Designated Places, meaning there's a community, even if it isn't incorporated. You may be tickled by another place name in Arizona. «Arizona Daily Star, Jul 15»
3
Crampton a tight community
The charming community with the intriguing place name is in the southeast of Middlesex County, about four kilometres south of Highway 401 ... «London Free Press, Jul 15»
4
Place name, not brand: CANARY WHARF trademark rejected
The High Court has rejected an application by Canary Wharf Group (CWG) to register CANARY WHARF as a UK trademark. Why did the name ... «International Law Office, Jul 15»
5
In pictures: Scotland's funniest place names
For example, the hamlet of Brokenwind, near Newmachar, Aberdeenshire, was named the third worst place name in the UK in a 2012 poll. «Scottish Daily Record, Jul 15»
6
'Paper Towns' review: A scavenger hunt in a minivan for a hot girl
A paper town is a fake place name cartographers put on maps to foil copycats and those who would rip off their creations. It's also a term of ... «OregonLive.com, Jul 15»
7
BBC apologises for map error
Realising its mistake, BBC later changed the caption to its correct place name - Klaksvík - and apologised for the error on Twitter. Lerwick Town ... «Shetland News, Jul 15»
8
Explore even more in real-time with Instagram
... of the world. You can now search by location using tags with the Place name or do a super search for name, username, hashtag or location. «AppAdvice, Jul 15»
9
Google Maps for Android finally adds custom names for places
There is actually a much easier way to create a custom place name. ... but voice commands like "navigate to [custom place name]" won't work. «Ars Technica UK, Jul 15»
10
12 Lost American Slangisms From The 1800s
And to be Chicagoed is "a verbing of a place name. In the last case, I'm not findng any verbed place names in Britain, but in the same era, there ... «WSHU, Jul 15»

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