Tag

#place-name

27 words tagged “place-name”

morfa
noun

Welsh for a coastal salt marsh — the flat wet land where sea meets field.

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the Mitten
proper noun

Nickname for Michigan's Lower Peninsula (and the state) by its shape.

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the Region
proper noun

Northwest Indiana, the Chicago-adjacent zone that insists it's not Illinois.

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Naptown
proper noun

Nickname for Indianapolis.

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the Thumb
proper noun

The thumb-shaped region of eastern Michigan's Lower Peninsula.

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the Town
proper noun

Oakland's nickname for itself.

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the 415
proper noun

San Francisco, by its original area code.

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the Metrodome
proper noun

The former inflatable-roof Minneapolis stadium (1982-2014).

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the Ave
proper noun

University Way in Seattle's U-District.

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T.J.
proper noun

San Diego shorthand for Tijuana, Mexico.

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the OB
proper noun

San Diego's Ocean Beach neighborhood.

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the Soo
proper noun

Sault Ste. Marie — the twin-city port at Michigan's eastern U.P. (and across the river in Ontario).

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the Lou
proper noun

Nickname for St. Louis, Missouri.

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sarn
noun

A causeway or paved track — Welsh for the kind of road Romans built.

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the Cities
proper noun

Short for the Twin Cities, Minneapolis and St. Paul.

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SoCal
proper noun

Southern California.

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the 909
proper noun

The Inland Empire, by its area code east of Los Angeles.

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the U.P.
proper noun

Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

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the Valley
proper noun

In LA, the San Fernando Valley north of the hills.

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the Mile
proper noun

Detroit's Seven Mile Road — north-side cultural artery.

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the Frozen Tundra
proper noun

Nickname for Lambeau Field, home of the Packers.

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the 510
proper noun

The East Bay, by its area code (Oakland, Berkeley).

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NorCal
proper noun

Northern California.

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downriver
proper noun

The cluster of suburbs southwest of Detroit along the river.

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the Yak
proper noun

Local nickname for Pontiac, Michigan.

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the IE
proper noun

Short for the Inland Empire, east of LA.

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the Lodge
proper noun

Detroit's M-10 / John C. Lodge Freeway.

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