BOMBS@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoWhen a place is called " Heights", what does "heights" mean/refer to?message-squaremessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up1129arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up1123arrow-down1message-squareWhen a place is called " Heights", what does "heights" mean/refer to?BOMBS@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square47fedilinkfile-text
For example, in Washington Heights and Golan Heights, what does “heights” mean? What does it tell us about the place?
minus-squarebionicjoey@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up11·10 months agoI thought a “high street” was like a commercial strip and didn’t refer to literal height
I thought a “high street” was like a commercial strip and didn’t refer to literal height