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Famous Places
Hollywood, Wall Street, Mecca, the Wild West โ place names that became shorthand for the activity, industry, or attitude associated with them.
10 entries
Bermuda Triangle
A place where things mysteriously disappear.
Hollywood
Shorthand for the American film industry โ its money, glamour, and clichรฉs.
Mecca
A place that draws devotees of a particular activity โ 'the Mecca of X'.
Silicon Valley
Shorthand for the global tech industry โ its companies, capital, and culture.
Vegas
Shorthand for indulgence, gambling, and the suspension of normal rules.
Wall Street
Shorthand for American finance โ its banks, traders, and excesses.
Wild West
A frontier where rules are scarce, fortunes are made fast, and the strong set the terms.
Timbuktu
A figurative 'somewhere very far away'.
El Dorado
A legendary city of gold โ and any wealth chased fruitlessly into the distance.
Shangri-La
A hidden utopia โ a remote, perfect, almost-mythical refuge.