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An icon representing the concept of location. In geography, location or place are used to denote a region (point, line, or area) on Earth's surface.The term location generally implies a higher degree of certainty than place, the latter often indicating an entity with an ambiguous boundary, relying more on human or social attributes of place identity and sense of place than on geometry.
2. A place regarded as remote, underdeveloped, or culturally backward relative to other places; a place or state of stagnation, in which little or no economic, social, or intellectual progress occurs. 3. A secluded, peaceful place. badia In the Middle East, an arid area characterized by low or irregular precipitation and little or no vegetation.
The following is a list of place names often used tautologically, plus the languages from which the non-English name elements have come. Tautological place names are systematically generated in languages such as English and Russian, where the type of the feature is systematically added to a name regardless of whether it contains it already.
Quarry – A place from which a geological material has been excavated from the ground; Rift – Part of a volcano where a set of linear cracks form; Sea cave – Cave formed by the wave action of the sea and located along present or former coastlines; Sinkhole – Geologically-formed topological depression
Besides location, Slavic languages also employ locative as a way of expressing the method of doing an action, time when the action is to take place, as well as the topic or theme that something describes in more detail; as such it is subordinate to other cases.
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the place in which The location where a cause of action arose. locus poenitentiae: place of repentance When one party withdraws from a contract before all parties are bound. locus standi: place of standing The right of a party to appear and be heard before a court. / ˈ l oʊ k ə s ˈ s t æ n d aɪ / mala fide (in) bad faith
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