Toponyms are names of places.
Examples of toponyms: England, Times Square, Paris, Lancaster.
Questions tagged [toponyms]
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Lake before or after lake name
Why are some lakes called "X Lake" and others called "Lake X"? Is there some sort of linguistic reason behind the naming?
Lake First
Lake Michigan
Lake Union (Seattle)
Lake Last
Great Salt Lake
Green Lake (Seattle)
MJN
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Can I say "many of the United States"?
If it is clear from the context that we are referring to USA, we might simply say
Many states have deserts/laws against gay marriage/more men than women.
But if it is not clear, and I prefer not to say something awkward like "Many states in the…
user38936
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What is the proper spoken form to describe a town referring only to the urbanized area and not the whole municipality?
In American English, where “town” is the actual legal name of a place, as I understand, the name is “Town of”, followed by its proper name.
In my native Italian, the equivalent “Comune di” it means not only the actual town, but also the municipality…
SophieV
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Use of definite article with toponyms
Why do we now say 'Ukraine' and no longer 'the Ukraine'?
B. Scholl
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What are the proper names of movie theatre quarters (rooms)
How to correctly call lobby of a movie theatre where people are waiting?
How to correctly call the room where people watch the movie?
Alexander Zhak
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Winston-Salem metropolitan area, or Winston-Salem Metropolitan Area?
Or Winston-Salem Metropolitan area? Which one of the three are the correct form?
Also if I add state names in metropolitan areas, should I add it after the city name or should I add it after (M)etropolitan (A)rea?
Dylan Czenski
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What does one call the circular head of a side street in the shape of a polyp?
I am repeating my question posed in another thread because I can now offer greater clarity in the form of a picture cropped from a Google Earth shot of the actual street location. A second reason for repeating the exercise is that Google Earth…
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