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  2. List of tautological place names - Wikipedia

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    Glen Canyon (multiple examples) Glen of Aherlow – a glen is a long, deep valley, while Aherlow is from the Irish eatharlach, meaning "lowland between two mountains", i.e. a valley. Gobi Desert, Mongolia (Desert Desert – "Govi" is Mongolian) Hardtwald in Baden-Württemberg, Germany – "hardt" is an exploited forest, and "wald" means "forest".

  3. Glossary of geography terms (A–M) - Wikipedia

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    Also amphidrome and tidal node. A geographical location where there is little or no tide, i.e. where the tidal amplitude is zero or nearly zero because the height of sea level does not change appreciably over time (meaning there is no high tide or low tide), and around which a tidal crest circulates once per tidal period (approximately every 12 hours). Tidal amplitude increases, though not ...

  4. Glossary of geography terms (N–Z) - Wikipedia

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    Also narrow. A land or water passage that is confined or restricted by its narrow breadth, often a strait or a water gap. nation A stable community of people formed on the basis of a common geographic territory, language, economy, ethnicity, or psychological make-up as manifested in a common culture. national mapping agency A governmental agency which manages, produces, and publishes ...

  5. Wikipedia:Naming conventions (geographic names) - Wikipedia

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    If there are multiple places of the same name within the same district, then parishes, wards, or lowercase compass directions should be used as appropriate to identify the relative locations. For example, Woolston, north Shropshire , and Woolston, south Shropshire ; both in Shropshire.

  6. Lists of places - Wikipedia

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    List of the world's most populous cities; List of cities in India; List of planned cities; List of city nicknames in the United States; List of towns; List of places in London; List of Brooklyn, New York neighborhoods; List of Manhattan, New York neighborhoods; List of urban studies topics; List of named ethnic enclaves in North American cities

  7. List of countries with multiple capitals - Wikipedia

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    Some countries can be considered to have multiple capitals. In some cases, one city is the capital for some purposes, and one or more others are capital for other ...

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  9. Thesaurus - Wikipedia

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    A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms, sometimes simply as lists of synonyms and antonyms.