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It's not at all descriptive, it's purely allusive. You could learn everything there is to learn about the actual city and not have a clue what it meant.
by morelisp 4y ago
It's not at all descriptive, it's purely allusive. You could learn everything there is to learn about the actual city and not have a clue what it meant.
- yongjik 4y ago> You could learn everything there is to learn about the actual city and not have a clue what it meant. I don't think that's what "descriptive" means. The term is as descriptive as much as "laconic" or "china" or "japan" (meaning varnish) - in each case, you can't independently derive the word's meaning from the original place name.