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PLA
placable
placard
placate
place
place card
place kick
place mat
place name
place of safety order
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place setting
place value
placebo
placebo effect
placeholder
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place name
place name (plural place names)


noun 
Definition:
 
name of settlement or geographic feature: the name of a geographic area or feature such as a town, settlement, hill, or body of water
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