PLACE NAME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does place name mean? 

• PLACE NAME (noun)
  The noun PLACE NAME has 1 sense:

1. the name by which a geographical place is known

  Familiarity information: PLACE NAME used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PLACE NAME (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The name by which a geographical place is known

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

place name; toponym

Hypernyms ("place name" is a kind of...):

name (a language unit by which a person or thing is known)

Holonyms ("place name" is a part of...):

troponomy; troponymy (the place names of a region or a language considered collectively)