placenouns
Placenouns are a semantic class of nouns that designate locations or places in the world. They cover geographic areas, built sites, and landscape features, and can function as either common nouns (city, park, island) or more abstract terms referring to place-type categories (the country, the region). Placenouns are distinct from placenames, which are the specific labels used for particular locations (Paris, the Sahara).
The category includes terms denoting place types and administrative or geographic units. Common placenouns include city,
Morphology and syntax often mirror general noun behavior. Plac enouns can be countable or uncountable depending
Relationship to related terms: placenouns are distinguished from placenames by their generic or type-denoting function versus