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Double placenames prominently feature the placenames of two or more constituents in double-barrelled form rather than invent a new name. This is often out of consideration for local sensitivities, since the smaller entity may resent its takeover, and may demand its symbolic perpetuation within an amalgamated name so as to propagate the impression of a merger between equals.
That is, it's a list of the names of cities, towns, lakes, and other geographic places that are derived from acronyms. Acronyms are abbreviations formed by the initial letter or letters of the words that make up a multi-word term. For the most part, the geographic names in this list were derived from three or more other names or words.
List of cities surrounded by another city; List of cities by GDP; List of cities by elevation; List of cities by time of continuous habitation; List of cities proper by population; List of cities with the most skyscrapers; List of cities with more than one commercial airport; List of city name changes; List of largest cities throughout history
A map which uses a two-dimensional coordinate system, i.e. in which each point is represented by only two coordinates (x, y), as if all of the depicted features existed within a single, flat plane. These maps usually exclude information about vertical position and therefore do not show topographic relief and represent only horizontal distances.
Arkansas City, Kansas: ar-KAN-zəss / ɑːr ˈ k æ n z ə s / Arkansas River: ar-KAN-zəss / ɑːr ˈ k æ n z ə s / [1] Arriba, Colorado: ARR-ib-ə / ˈ ær ɪ b ə / Armada, Michigan: AR-may-də / ˈ ɑːr m eɪ d ə / Athens, Kentucky: AY-thənz / ˈ eɪ θ ən z / Also the places in Illinois and Vermont Au Sable River, Michigan: aw SAY ...
One "Saturday Night Live" skit called "Gen Z Hospital" was supposed to make fun of the way young people talk, but people on Twitter pointed out many of the words they used actually come from AAE.
Anagrams are rearrangements of the letters of another name or word. Anadromes (also called reversals or ananyms) are other names or words spelled backwards. Technically, a reversal is also an anagram, but the two are derived by different methods, so they are listed separately.
No one knows why.” 12. GOAT. Stands for the “Greatest of All Time.” This one’s self-explanatory. In a Sentence: “‘Simone Biles is the GOAT’ and I will not be taking any questions ...