Last week’s Scrabble post featured a list of toponyms (place names) in the first half of the alphabet. This post includes a list of toponyms in the second half. Learning these playable place names will broaden your vocabulary and up your game.
- oxford: a type of shoe, also known as a bal or balmoral
- panama: a type of wide-brimmed hat
- paris: a type of plant found in Europe and Asia that produces a lone, poisonous berry
- roman: a romance written in meter
- scot: an assessed tax
- scotch: to put an end to; or to etch or scratch (as in hopscotch)
- sherpa: a soft fabric used for linings
- siamese: a water pipe providing a connection for two hoses
- swiss: a sheer, cotton fabric
- texas: a tall structure on a steamboat containing the pilothouse
- toledo: a type of sword known for its fine craftsmanship, originally from Toledo
- wale: to injure, to create welts on the skin
- warsaw: a type of grouper fish
- waterloo: a definitive defeat
- zaire: a currency of Zaire
Next Up
Monday marks our last class before Thanksgiving Break. Class activities TBA.
Jane Lucas 