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  • noun Plural form of place-name.

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Examples

  • Others weren't there at all; Oswiecim, Brzezinka, and of course, Treblinka—those place-names were shrouded by an enormous length of death which trailed like a wake across a sea of ashes.

    The Replica City Al Bray 2011

  • The spelling of all place-names, with the exception of Ajicjic and Tuxcueco, is exactly as it is today.

    American novelist Charles Fleming Embree set his first novel at Lake Chapala 2009

  • Hail, fog and howling williwaws blasting through jagged seaside peaks accompany Kent as he sails into 300 miles of terror marked by such place-names as Famine Reach, Desolation Bay and Last Hope Inlet.

    Fury and Terror On the High Seas Geoffrey Wolff 2011

  • Cue the inevitable trickle of letters to the editor on place-names and associated matters.

    Miscellaneous Maxine 2009

  • The spelling of all place-names, with the exception of Ajicjic and Tuxcueco, is exactly as it is today.

    American novelist Charles Fleming Embree set his first novel at Lake Chapala 2009

  • I get a kick out of the Lorna Laces names because so many are Chicago place-names.

    Jean's Knitting Jean 2009

  • Some book on place-names and resident-names that I keep on seeing on the shelf at the local (really semi-local) used book store.

    I am not a Pittsburger « Motivated Grammar 2008

  • One of the many things that Jim and I share is a love of names—place-names, given names, surnames.

    Into the Story DAVID MARANISS 2010

  • One of the many things that Jim and I share is a love of names—place-names, given names, surnames.

    Into the Story DAVID MARANISS 2010

  • These place-names are now synonymous with the wealthiest of greater Munich.

    Enjoy the Ride 2010

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