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{
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "place",
"3": "name"
},
"expansion": "place + name",
"name": "compound"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From place + name.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "placenames",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "placename (plural placenames)",
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}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
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{
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"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
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"Entry maintenance"
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},
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},
{
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"parents": [
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"Names",
"Language",
"Social sciences",
"All topics",
"Proper nouns",
"Terms by semantic function",
"Communication",
"Sciences",
"Society",
"Fundamental",
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"Lemmas"
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{
"ref": "2012, Nick Thieberger, The Oxford Handbook of Linguistic Fieldwork, page 401",
"text": "With a complex site, different site elements may not be terminologically distinguished, or else a generic term may be optionally added to the placename to distinguish a site element, such as a hill, well, or claypan at the location.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The name of a place; a word or phrase which indicates a particular location or region."
],
"id": "en-placename-en-noun-b52FCHtd",
"links": [
[
"name",
"name"
],
[
"place",
"place"
],
[
"word",
"word"
],
[
"phrase",
"phrase"
],
[
"location",
"location"
],
[
"region",
"region"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "toponym"
},
{
"word": "nomen loci"
},
{
"word": "geographic name"
},
{
"word": "geographical name"
},
{
"word": "place-name"
},
{
"word": "place name"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "teġanun",
"word": "տեղանուն"
},
{
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "toponim",
"word": "топоним"
},
{
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "yer-hıw atamahı",
"word": "ер-һыу атамаһы"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "geografsko naimenovanie",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "географско наименование"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "topònim"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dìmíng",
"word": "地名"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "stednavn"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "plaatsnaam"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"word": "kohanimi"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "staðarnavn"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"word": "paikannimi"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "toponyme"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Ortsname"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Toponym"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "toponýmio",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "τοπωνύμιο"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "toponymía",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "τοπωνυμία"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"note": "in a narrow sense",
"word": "helységnév"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"word": "helynév"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"note": "in a broad sense",
"word": "földrajzi név"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "örnefni"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "staðarheiti"
},
{
"code": "smn",
"lang": "Inari Sami",
"word": "sajenommâ"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "logainm"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "toponimo"
},
{
"alt": "ちめい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "chimei",
"word": "地名"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jimyeong",
"word": "지명"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nomen loci"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"word": "vietóvardis"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"word": "toponi̇̀mas"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"word": "nama tempat"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"word": "ingoa wāhi"
},
{
"code": "se",
"lang": "Northern Sami",
"word": "báikenamma"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"tags": [
"Portugal",
"masculine"
],
"word": "topónimo"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"tags": [
"Brazil"
],
"word": "topônimo"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "toponim"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "topónim",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "топо́ним"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ainm àite"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "topónimo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ortsnamn"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ortnamn"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "toponym"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "sthalanāmamu",
"word": "స్థలనామము"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"word": "yer adı"
},
{
"code": "udm",
"lang": "Udmurt",
"roman": "intyńim",
"word": "интыним"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"word": "địa danh"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "no d' plaece"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "enw lle"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈpleɪsneɪm/"
},
{
"enpr": "plās'nām"
}
],
"word": "placename"
}
{
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "place",
"3": "name"
},
"expansion": "place + name",
"name": "compound"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From place + name.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "placenames",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "placename (plural placenames)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English 2-syllable words",
"English compound terms",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with quotations",
"Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
"Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned",
"en:Onomastics"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2012, Nick Thieberger, The Oxford Handbook of Linguistic Fieldwork, page 401",
"text": "With a complex site, different site elements may not be terminologically distinguished, or else a generic term may be optionally added to the placename to distinguish a site element, such as a hill, well, or claypan at the location.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The name of a place; a word or phrase which indicates a particular location or region."
],
"links": [
[
"name",
"name"
],
[
"place",
"place"
],
[
"word",
"word"
],
[
"phrase",
"phrase"
],
[
"location",
"location"
],
[
"region",
"region"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "toponym"
},
{
"word": "nomen loci"
},
{
"word": "geographic name"
},
{
"word": "geographical name"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈpleɪsneɪm/"
},
{
"enpr": "plās'nām"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "place-name"
},
{
"word": "place name"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "teġanun",
"word": "տեղանուն"
},
{
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "toponim",
"word": "топоним"
},
{
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "yer-hıw atamahı",
"word": "ер-һыу атамаһы"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "geografsko naimenovanie",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "географско наименование"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "topònim"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dìmíng",
"word": "地名"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "stednavn"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "plaatsnaam"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"word": "kohanimi"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "staðarnavn"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"word": "paikannimi"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "toponyme"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Ortsname"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Toponym"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "toponýmio",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "τοπωνύμιο"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "toponymía",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "τοπωνυμία"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"note": "in a narrow sense",
"word": "helységnév"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"word": "helynév"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"note": "in a broad sense",
"word": "földrajzi név"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "örnefni"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "staðarheiti"
},
{
"code": "smn",
"lang": "Inari Sami",
"word": "sajenommâ"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "logainm"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "toponimo"
},
{
"alt": "ちめい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "chimei",
"word": "地名"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jimyeong",
"word": "지명"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nomen loci"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"word": "vietóvardis"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"word": "toponi̇̀mas"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"word": "nama tempat"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"word": "ingoa wāhi"
},
{
"code": "se",
"lang": "Northern Sami",
"word": "báikenamma"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"tags": [
"Portugal",
"masculine"
],
"word": "topónimo"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"tags": [
"Brazil"
],
"word": "topônimo"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "toponim"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "topónim",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "топо́ним"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ainm àite"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "topónimo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ortsnamn"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ortnamn"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "toponym"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "sthalanāmamu",
"word": "స్థలనామము"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"word": "yer adı"
},
{
"code": "udm",
"lang": "Udmurt",
"roman": "intyńim",
"word": "интыним"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"word": "địa danh"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "no d' plaece"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "enw lle"
}
],
"word": "placename"
}
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"msg": "UNIMPLEMENTED parse_translation_template: trans-top-see {1: 'the name of a place', 2: 'toponym'}",
"path": [
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"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "placename",
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}
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