Talk:List of words derived from toponyms

message: not so happy with the question mark to identify mythical. Makes it seem dubious. Myths may be non-factual, but they are for the most part clearly defined and known as such. What do the others think? -- Viajero 10:49, 1 Aug 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: Sounds good to me. -- Viajero 12:17, 14 Feb 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  mythical &#65309; ? 

message: 1. The following are place names but I could not find their toponymical meaning:
* paisley
** I guess it's the pattern used while weaving shawls Jay 21:59, 9 Jul 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: I guess so. Jay 21:59, 9 Jul 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Need clarifications

message: I have moved the page under a new heading "List of words derived from toponyms". The previous heading was inappropriate, because the normal meaning of toponym in linguistics and common usage is just 'place-name'. The move had already been proposed in 2003 (s.a.), but opposed by Viajero because toponym supposedly also has the meaning 'a name derived from a place or region'. While this might be the case, such usage is entirely marginal, and would also contradict the contents of the article Toponymy. --AAikio 15:13, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Move 

message: I cut the following because they are more properly metonyms:
* Beltway, a nickname for the powerful elite of Washington, D.C., after the highway surrounding the city
* Detroit, often used as shorthand for the American automobile industry 
* Hollywood, shorthand for the American film industry – Hollywood, district of Los Angeles, California
* K Street, lobbying industry
* Madison Avenue, a metaphor for advertising — Madison Avenue, a street in New York
* Main Street, name for a generic American community
* Tin Pan Alley
* Wall Street, financial market — Wall Street, a  narrow thoroughfare in lower Manhattan running east from Broadway downhill to the East River
I also cut Bay Street for the same reason. I rm Bantustan because there is no place called "Bantustan".
I'm going to move Eden, Utopia, etc to a new section of "Fictional and literary place names". I also started adding cites. --SigPig |SEND - OVER 05:14, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I've added a few cites to the first section. I have also moved legendary/mythical/literary toponyms to a new section, since they aren't real places (if consensus is they should remain in the first section, I have no problem with that). However, I have to cease my travails for a while as my brain has started to shut down for the night. I'll try to continue later, either tomorrow or the weekend. --SigPig |SEND - OVER 06:53, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

text: I have restored some of these metonyms under two new headings, Industries and professions and Government agencies. They are just as valid as Skid row (which was originally a nickname for Yesler Way, Seattle) among other metonyms in this article. —Anomalocaris (talk) 21:41, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Metonyms 

message: I have added an 'Issues' tag to the page, noting that the citation style should be improved, and that the subject may lack notability. Although most of the items include external links to dictionaries, etymology guides, etc., these could be more efficiently handled in a References section. See WP:IC, WP:REF. It is also not clear how notable this topic is. The list criteria should be made specific, preferably with reliable third-party sources that establish notability cited in the lead section. See WP:Stand-alone lists. Cnilep (talk) 15:52, 2 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Issues: Citation style & Notability 

message: All the corporations appear to be Finnish. There are definitely some Japanese corporations named after their hometowns (Toyota for a start), and I assume there are probably some others. Any particular reason they're all Finnish? 95.149.232.139 (talk) 18:34, 3 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Corporations 

message: I've created an article titled Lists of things named after places, which currently links to eight lists: chemical elements, chess openings, foods and drinks, inventions, mathematical problems, minor planets, (two lists of) other places. Michael Hardy (talk) 17:58, 28 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lists of things named after places 

message: Currently, the entry for sodomy reads, "Sodomy, forbidden sexual acts — Sodom, Biblical town on the plain of the Dead Sea." This is incorrect, as sodomy means anal sex (and sometimes other non-penile-vaginal sex). It is not forbidden in the majority of developed countries. 185.11.66.147 (talk) 08:56, 6 June 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sodomy 

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message: By this, I mean a 'toponym plus noun' pair where attributes of the place referred to (or people associated with the place) make the result disparaging, usually to humorous effect. Eg, 'Glasgow kiss' (already included), 'Brixton briefcase' (boombox), 'Jamaican toothpick' (switchblade). It would help collect these if there were a searchable term for them. Skepticaltogether (talk) 23:35, 2 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Subcategory (name for this?): derogatory toponyms