The AnswerMug Challenge Series, Place, Name, Action, Word Edition: besides the examples above, what are some other place names* that have a verb from the English language included in their lettering?
TOP PRIZE: You are exempt from having to make any sandwiches for me during the week that you are named the winner.
RULES
1. The place name must be the proper (as in capitalized) name of a geographic feature, to include cities, counties, provinces, states, countries, continents, land masses, regions, areas, etc. The names of businesses, organizations, stores, units, buildings, structures, streets, roads, highways, expressways, paths, pathways, trails, etc are excluded.
“Toponymy, toponymics, or toponomastics (from the Ancient Greek language: τόπος / tópos, 'place', and ὄνομα / onoma, 'name') is the study of toponyms, which are the proper names of places, also known as place name or geographic name), their origins and meanings, use and typology. (Toponym is the general term for a proper name of any geographical feature.”
2. The place name can be from any location on Earth (the Moon, other planets, other heavenly bodies, other planets, other natural satellites are not Earth).
3. The place name can be in any language or from any language, but the verb that you select as your answer can only be in the English language or from the English language. As such, loan words qualify.
4. Please spell out the entire place name, and please clearly stress or specify the verb that you are submitting as your answer. For instance, in the examples above, the verb is in all capital letters, and in the case of CAIRo, the verb follows the entry in parentheses to show exactly which word is being used. When posting answers and comments, underlining is available to you, as seen in this description field.
5. The verb you enter must be part of a word in a place name, but cannot be the entire word. For instance, COLORado SpRINGS qualifies because of the delineated verbs shown. Conversely, Cold SPRING HARBOR does not qualify because the last two verbs do not have other letters in them. No verbs that are single stand-alone words as part of a place name can be used.
5a. A twist on Number 5 is that double verbs in one place name give you extra bragging rights. For instance, SPRINGFIELD contains two separate verbs, so it is allowed.
6. All place names that you enter must have their first letters of each word capitalized, regardless of whether or not you’re stressing that letter as part of the verb you’re entering. The only exceptions are foreign-language words that are not capitalized according to the grammar rules of that language.
Have fun with this!
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All verb tenses count.
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NewfoundLAND
and
NewFOUNDland
EDIT AND RETRACTION:
I originally overlooked the planets you listed. They are all disqualified unless you can show you meant something else.
MARs
NepTUNE
SATurn
JuPITer
Thank you.
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Stu, Stu, Stu. Of all the people who might fail to read and/or follow the rules, why am I not surprised that you’re the first I have to scold? (Sigh.)
Ok, let’s do this.
All of your college and university entries are disqualified, 100% of them. Spirit of the law.
1. The place name must be the proper (as in capitalized) name of a geographic feature, to include cities, counties, provinces, states, countries, continents, land masses, regions, areas, etc. The names of businesses, organizations, units, buildings, structures, streets, roads, highways, expressways, paths, pathways, trails, etc are excluded.
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5. The verb you enter must be part of a word in a place name, but cannot be the entire word.
FALLs
WAKE Forest
STATE
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Good point, you’re right, I’m going there right now.
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P.S. There are four of them in his answer.
MARs
NepTUNE
SATurn
JuPITer
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They do not count and are disqualified. No amount of protest and gnashing of teeth will change that.
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