[lbo-talk] toponyms

Max B. Sawicky sawicky at bellatlantic.net
Thu Jun 12 05:15:46 PDT 2003


Dunkirk The River Jordan The Rubicon Masada Palookaville The Beltway

mbs

-----Original Message----- From: lbo-talk-admin at lbo-talk.org [mailto:lbo-talk-admin at lbo-talk.org]On Behalf Of Kelley Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 1:23 AM To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org; POLITICS at KAPPAMAKI.COM Subject: [lbo-talk] toponyms

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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