Chris Doss wrote:
>
> >>>>working on a list of toponyms which originate as proper place names but
> >>>>then come to have a more generalized meaning. examples would include:
> >>>>
> >
> >Labyrinth ("House of the Double Axe")
> >Mausoleum
>
> Do reverse toponyms count? Istanbul is derived I believe from "eis ten
> polin," Greek for "into the city."
>
Or double reverse. "Eden" a garden, "Eden" a (mythical) place, Eden or eden a general term.
Carrol