I'm back on my BS 🤪@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 个月前When a place is called " Heights", what does "heights" mean/refer to?message-squaremessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up1142arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up1136arrow-down1message-squareWhen a place is called " Heights", what does "heights" mean/refer to?I'm back on my BS 🤪@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 个月前message-square50fedilinkfile-text
For example, in Washington Heights and Golan Heights, what does “heights” mean? What does it tell us about the place?
minus-squareNAXLAB@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·edit-28 个月前Things that are high up are associated with status. Naming something “heights” makes people imagine something desirable when they read the name.
Things that are high up are associated with status. Naming something “heights” makes people imagine something desirable when they read the name.