Place Name Definitions

Submitted by diaskeaus on Thu, 11/02/2006 - 09:01
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  1. Bank: a mound pile or ridge raised above the surrounding level
  2. Basin: a large or small depression in the surface of the land or in the ocean floor
  3. Bath: a building containing an apartment or series of rooms used for bathing
  4. Bay: an inlet of the sea or other body of water usually smaller than a gulf
  5. Bayou: any of various usually marshy or sluggish bodies of water
  6. Beach: a shore of an ocean sea or lake or the bank of a river covered by sand or gravel or larger rock fragments
  7. Bight: a bend in a coast forming an open bay
  8. Bluff: a high steep bank
  9. Bluffs: a place with several bluffs
  10. Branch: a stream that flows into another usually larger stream
  11. Bridge: a structure carrying a pathway or roadway over a depression or obstacle
  12. Brook: a tiny river or creek
  13. Butte: an isolated hill or mountain with steep or precipitous sides usually having a smaller summit area than a mesa
  14. Camp: a settlement newly sprung up in a lumbering or mining town
  15. Canal: an artificial waterway for navigation or draining or irrigating land
  16. Canyon: a deep narrow valley with steep sides and often with a stream flowing through it
  17. Cape: a point or extension of land jutting out into water as a peninsula or as a projecting point
  18. Castle: a large fortified building or set of buildings
  19. Causeway: a raised way across wet ground or water
  20. Cave: a natural underground chamber or series of chambers open to the surface
  21. Caves: a place of several caves
  22. Chapel: a place of worship serving a residence or institution
  23. Cities: a group of multiple cities
  24. City: an inhabited place of greater size population or importance than a town or village
  25. Cliff: a very steep vertical slope or overhanging face of rock or ice
  26. Coast: the land near a shore
  27. Corner: a place of intersection of two streets or roads
  28. Cove: a small sheltered inlet or bay
  29. Crag: a steep rugged rock or cliff
  30. Crater: a bowl-shaped depression around the orifice of a volcano or produced by the impact of a meteorite or an explosion
  31. Creek: a natural stream of water normally smaller than and often tributary to a river
  32. Croft: a small enclosed field usually adjoining a house
  33. Crofts: a place of several crofts
  34. Dale: small valley or vale
  35. Delta: an alluvial deposit at the mouth of a river
  36. Desert: an arid barren land
  37. Dike: "a bank usually of earth constructed to control or confine water"""
  38. Dikes: a place with many dikes
  39. Ditch: a long narrow excavation dug in the earth
  40. Falls: a precipitous descent of water - a place of one or more waterfalls
  41. Farm: a tract of land devoted to agricultural purposes
  42. Ferry: a place where persons or things are carried across a body of water (as a river) in a boat
  43. Field: an open area free of woods or buildings
  44. Fjord: a narrow inlet of sea between cliffs or steep slopes
  45. Flats: a level surface of land
  46. Ford: a shallow part of a body of water that can be crossed by wading
  47. Forest: a dense grove of trees and underbrush covering a large tract
  48. Forests: an area with multiple forests
  49. Fork: a place where a river branches into two or more parts
  50. Forks: a place of several forks
  51. Fort: a strong or fortified place
  52. Fumarole: a hole in a volcanic region from which hot gases and vapors issue
  53. Gap: a mountain pass
  54. Gate: an opening in a wall or fence or a city or castle entrance often with defensive structures
  55. Glacier: a large body of ice moving slowly down a slope or valley or spreading outward on a land surface
  56. Glen: a secluded narrow valley
  57. Gorge: a narrow passage through land especially a narrow steep-walled canyon or part of a canyon
  58. Grasslands: land on which the natural dominant plant forms are grasses and forbs
  59. Green: a common or park in the center of a town or village
  60. Ground: an area used for a particular purpose
  61. Grove: a small wood without underbrush
  62. Gulf: a part of the ocean or sea extending into the land
  63. Hamlet : cluster or aggregation of houses recognized as a distinct place with a place-name
  64. Harbor: a part of a body of water protected and deep enough to furnish anchorage especially one with port facilities
  65. Haven: a harbor or port
  66. Head: the source of a stream
  67. Heights: an extend of land rising to a considerable degree above the surrounding country
  68. Highway: a road lying outside of an urban district
  69. Hill: a usually rounded natural elevation of land lower than a mountain
  70. Hills: an area with muliple hills
  71. Hillside: the part of a hill between the summit and the foot
  72. Hole: a cave pit or well in the ground
  73. Hollow: a small valley or basin
  74. Hollows: a group of hollows
  75. Horn: a body of land or water shaped like a horn
  76. Island: a tract of land surrounded by water and smaller than a continent
  77. Islands: a group or chain of islands
  78. Junction: an intersection of roads especially where one terminates
  79. Key: a low island or reef
  80. Knob: a rounded usually isolated hill or mountain
  81. Lagoon: a shallow sound channel or pond near or communicating with a larger body of water
  82. Lake: a considerable inland body of standing water
  83. Lakes: a place of several lakes
  84. Land: a portion of the earth's solid surface distinguishable by boundaries or ownership
  85. Landing: a place for discharging and taking on passengers and cargo
  86. Lands: a group of lands
  87. Lane: a narrow passageway between fences or hedges - a relatively narrow way or track
  88. Lick: a natural salt deposit that animals lick
  89. Manor: the house or hall of an estate
  90. Market: a public place where a market is held
  91. Marsh: a tract of soft land usually characterized by grasses and cattails
  92. Meadow: a tract of low-lying usually level grassland
  93. Meadows: a place of several meadows
  94. Mesa: an isolated relatively flat-topped natural elevation usually more extensive than a butte and less extensive than a plateau
  95. Moor: a boggy area of wasteland usually peaty and dominated by grasses and sedges
  96. Mountain: a landmass that projects conspicuously above its surroundings and is higher than a hill
  97. Mountains: a chain of mountains
  98. Mouth: a place where a stream enters a larger body of water
  99. Neck: a narrow stretch of land
  100. Outcrop: the part of a rock formation that appears at the surface of the ground
  101. Park: a tract of land that often includes lawns woodland and pasture attached to a country house or maintained by a city or town and is used as a game preserve and for recreation
  102. Pass: a low place in a mountain range
  103. Peak: the top of a hill or mountain ending in a point
  104. Peninsula: a portion of land nearly surrounded by water and connected with a larger body of water usually by an isthmus
  105. Pit: a hole, shaft or cavity in the ground
  106. Place: a building or locality used for a special purpose
  107. Plain: an extensive area of rolling or level treeless country
  108. Plains: a group of plains
  109. Point: a projecting usually tapered piece of land or sharp prominence
  110. Pond: a body of water usually smaller than a lake
  111. Pool: a small and rather deep body of usually fresh water
  112. Port: a place where ships may ride secure from storms usually a harbor town or city where ships may take on or discharge cargo
  113. Quarter: a division or district of a town or city
  114. Rapids: a part of a river where the current is fast and the surface is usually broken by obstructions
  115. Reef: a chain of rocks or ridge of sand at or near the surface of the water
  116. Reefs: a group or chain of reefs
  117. Region: an administrative area division or district
  118. Ridge: a range of hills or mountains
  119. Rift Valley: an elongated valley formed by the depression of a block of the earth's crust between two faults or groups of faults of approximately parallel strike
  120. Rift: a shallow or rocky place in a stream
  121. River: a natural stream of water of considerable volume
  122. Rivers: a group of rivers
  123. Road: an open way for vehicles persons and animals
  124. Rock: a large mass of stone forming a cliff promontory or peak
  125. Sands: a tract of sand, a sandbank or sandbar
  126. Sea: a great body of salt water of second rank more or less landlocked
  127. Shoal: a sandbank or sandbar that makes the water shallow
  128. Shore: the land bordering a usually large body of water
  129. Spit: a small point of land especially of sand or gravel running into a body of water
  130. Spring: a source of water issuing from the ground
  131. Springs: a place with several springs
  132. Stack: a large roughly conical pile of earth or rock
  133. Station: a regular stopping place along a transportation route
  134. Strait: a comparatively narrow passageway connecting two large bodies of water
  135. Straits: a place of several straits
  136. Strand: a land bordering a body of water
  137. Stream: a small river or creek
  138. Street: a thoroughfare esp. in a city town or village that is wider than an alley or lane and that usually includes sidewalks
  139. Swamp: wet spongy land saturated and sometimes partially or intermittently covered with water
  140. Temple: an edifice for religious exercises
  141. Territory: a geographical area belonging to or under the jurisdiction of a governmental authority
  142. Thicket: a dense growth of shrubbery or small trees
  143. Town: a compactly settled area as distinguished from surrounding rural territory
  144. Track: a path made by repeating footfalls
  145. Valley: an elongate depression of the earth's surface usually between ranges of hills or mountains
  146. View: an area providing a particular scene or prospect
  147. Village: a settlement usually larger than a hamlet and smaller than a town
  148. Walk: a path specially arranged or paved for walking
  149. Wash: a shallow creek or the dry bed of a stream
  150. Waste: a sparsely settled or barren region
  151. Water: a particular body or source of water
  152. Waters: a place with several ponds, rivers or lakes
  153. Way: a thoroughfare for travel or transportation from place to place
  154. Well: an issue of water from the earth
  155. Wilderness: a tract or region uncultivated and uninhabited by human beings
  156. Wood: a dense grove of trees usually greater in extent than a grove and smaller than a forest
  157. Woods: an area with multiple woods