[lbo-talk] toponyms

Kelley the-squeeze at pulpculture.org
Wed Jun 11 22:23:04 PDT 2003


lil help?

working on a list of toponyms which originate as proper place names but then come to have a more generalized meaning. examples would include:

Babel Mecca hell seltzer Siberia Boeotian champagne solecism Chautauqua Waterloo Pax Romana Watergate Gibraltar Timbuktu El Dorado

any other good ones?



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