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3. Confusion because of same name for different locations (homonyms)

Stratford and Birmingham
© Ordnance Survey
Stratford upon Avon (UK)
Stratford upon Avon (Australia)
Stratford upon Avon (New Zealand)

Birmingham (UK)
Birmingham (Alabama, USA)
Birmingham (Iowa, USA)
Birmingham (Michigan, USA)
Birmingham (Ohio, USA)

Batavia (historical name for Jakarta)
Batavia (San Luis Province, Argentina)
Batavia (California, USA)
Batavia (Illinois, USA)
Batavia (New York, USA)
Batavia (Saramacca, Suriname)

What is a homonym?
Each of two or more identical toponyms denoting different topographic features.

 

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