Questions related to geography.
Questions related to geography.
Questions tagged [geography]
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What is the geographic term for a landmass separated by two rivers?
If there is a region of land that sort of makes an island with the two rivers (which are fare apart). What would you call it.
For Example there is a region in Iraq/Syria that almost forms this (the rivers don't connect)
You can find it near the…
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What terms describe who pays for a meal?
I have heard the terms go dutch and AA used to mean that, when two or more people eat at a restaurant, each will pay only the price of their own dish. Also treat is used to describe the act of one person paying for the meal of themselves and…
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Is the word "upstate" used to refer to anywhere outside New York?
Merriam defines it generically as:
the chiefly northerly sections of a state
But in their examples, every single one can be traced back to New York. For example:
By 2017, Lopez, after earning her GED and briefly attending college upstate, was…
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Naming advice for a start-up
I'm preparing to open up a start-up. Because of some personal reasons, I'd like to name it after the small town in China I was born in. It's named 下关 (dry translate to down-gate or down-fort).
That name came after its geography situation. 大理 (Dali)…
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How to phrase a worldwide location in English?
I have an online form where a user would usually submit a specific location in a field, e.g. Moscow, Berlin, New York, Paris. But sometimes there is no specific city location, for instance for a seminar that takes place "online" or a web screening.…
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Capitalize "state?"
Do you capitalize the word "state" when saying, "In Washington State, individuals who are unemployed may apply for treatment through DSHS."
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What do we call a place, which is a plane land just beneath a mountain range?
I want to describe about a village. It is not a mountain village. It is located just at the border from where hills started to rise.
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What do you call someone from the Americas if not American?
Someone from Europe is European.
Someone from Africa is African.
Someone from Asia is Asian.
Someone from Oceania is presumably Oceanic.
But you can't call a person from the Americas an American due to the United States of America having claimed…
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