Questions related to geography.
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Up my street and down the lane [duplicate]
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Do I travel “up” or “down” to London from north of the city?
Except where there is obvious difference in elevation e.g. on a sloping road, how do ...
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The Black Country in UK
I have encountered the name The Black Country in old books. From Wikipedia:
The Black Country is a loosely defined area of the English West Midlands conurbation, to the north and west of ...
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What terms describe who pays for a meal? [closed]
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 ...
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Is the term “village” used in North America?
The post Difference between "town", "city" and "metropolis"? describes the usage of terms describing various sizes of cities. In the US, I have never encountered any ...
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When to put “River” before or after its name and why?
Unlike mountain names, where "Mount" always precedes its name, e.g. Mount Everest, I've noticed that some rivers have "River" before its name, e.g. the River Nile but others have it after, e.g. the ...
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Generic name for places like village, town and cities
There is the German word Ort or Ortschaft which is a hypernym for places where people live like
villages
towns
cities
etc.
Is there a correspondent word in English?
I don't want to use location ...
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What is a good word to describe a large geographical area [closed]
What is a good word (or a phrase) to describe a large, extensive geographical area, spanning several regions?
I am not looking to use this in a particular context, but to help in conceptualizing a ...
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Is Jutland so-called because the region it describes 'juts out' into the ocean?
I know that 'Jutland', a part of Denmark, comes from the Danish 'Jylland', which describes the same region. But was that name just invented at random, or does it come from the verb 'jut', as the land ...
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South vs Southern - difference? [duplicate]
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When is the use of “north” more appropriate than “northern” and vice versa?
Are there any differences in meanings of South vs Southern, North vs ...
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Can I use the term 'America' to signify just the United States?
I write legal marketing materials. Does the term 'America' signify Canada + USA + Mexico, etc. to readers abroad or will they know that I'm talking specifically about the USA?
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What is the history and geographic area of the word “finna?”
In St. Louis, I learned of the word, "finna." I know it is slang/contraction for "fixing to." By asking dozens of people, I've learned that it is used by people of many different races and cultural ...
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Why are country names localized and city names not?
As discussed here, names for the same city in different languages tend to be just variant pronunciations. By contrast, a country that is known by (even roughly) the same name in most languages is the ...
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What is a suitable word to describe a place where two rivers meet?
I've googled for a while and on some sites I've found the word "watershed" as the proposed word. Is it the word that best suits it?
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Why does English have city/country names that differ from the local language?
For example:
Italy = Italia
Florence = Firenze
Rome = Roma
Venice = Venezia
Munich = München
Different reasons for different cities? Anglicised for pronunciation? The name changed and English ...
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Is “the USA” singular or plural?
On the one side, the USA is just one country. Logic says it should be, then, singular, just like the United Kingdom is. Example:
The USA owns this domain.
On the other side, if I however expand ...
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Any term pertaining to geography, but not to toponymy?
Can you, please, come up with some term that would be directly related to geography, but would have no relation to toponymy?
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How to refer to “mainland Europe”
As a Europhile living in England, it really bothers me when journalists refer to mainland Europe as "Europe". We're in Europe! But I appreciate that it offers a neat shorthand for referring to the ...
