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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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What is a crescent when applied to a place-name?
  

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It would suggest to me that the street is laid out in the shape of a crescent. I used to live near a street named this way, which was laid out in a long, smooth curve.

  • It would suggest to me that the street is laid out in the shape of a crescent.
  • I used to live near a street named this way, which was laid out in a long, smooth curve.
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It would suggest to me that the street is laid out in the shape of a crescent. I used to live near a street named this way, which was laid out in a long, smooth curve.
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New Orleans is the Crescent City because of the bend in the river.

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