referring to something by where it is located (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Laurence Horn]

On Nov 19, 2012, at 4:07 PM, Gordon, Matthew J. wrote:

> It's a kind of metonymy. Other exx. found among these:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_metonyms
>
> -Matt Gordon

And to be more specific (to eliminate other sorts of metonyms as represented by most of the ones in the "general" category, e.g. "the bar", or "hired hands", or "we need some arms" [= baseball pitchers], or "the Crown"), perhaps the category in question could be narrowly labelled "topometonymy".

LH


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> "Fleet Street" -- London tabloid journalism
> "Saville Row" -- London high-end tailors
> "Foggy Bottom" -- U.S. State Dept.
> "Turtle Bay" -- United Nations
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> Is there a name for terms like this?
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> What are some others?
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