Offensive place names draw fresh scrutiny. By Michael Doyle | 03/09/2021 01:33 PM EST . A proposal to rename an Arizona summit known for years as Coon Bluff shows how tricky geographic ...

Place names are more than just labels on a map. They influence how people learn about the world around them and perceive their place in it. Names can send messages and suggest what is and isn’t ...

Names carry weight. I sat with that fact often in Sewanee, where I saw how labels can shape a place. Reporting in Rocky Top, ...

"Trump Place" is seen on the front of a New York City condominium building on Jan. 11, 2018. The condo board went to court to ensure it had authority to remove the name.

Many other place names started off as descriptions with definite articles. For example, the city of Bath, England, famous for its purportedly health-supporting natural spring, was referred to as ...

The Trump Place apartment complex on Manhattan’s Upper West Side is about to drop the president-elect’s name after an outcry by residents. The three rental buildings -- at 140, 160 and 180 ...

A French court ruled on Thursday that the seaside city of Biarritz must rename its La Negresse historic district, possibly ...

That name appears in the most states (46) than any other, with 186 locales total. Only Hawaii, Alaska, Louisiana, and Oklahoma lack one. If you prefer to limit the most common name strictly to ...