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Goodman

Goodman

14 5.8
A name used for towns, buildings, or organizations
  • proper noun
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  • - Probably headed to Goodman's Creek.
  • Goodman Gallery

And she's known here at the Huntington, the Goodman in Chicago, and her plays have been across country.

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Examples

  • Here, the mayor was able to crow about such new community assets as the Goodman Pool and the Overture Center.

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  • At Bergdorf Goodman one busy day,

    Fiction book (1992)

  • They're taking him to Goodman Memorial.

    Kate & Leopold (2001)

  • For Bergdorf Goodman, the early '70s were a completely different time.

    Blog text (5)

  • Upstate in Goodman, WI, about 30 miles south of Iron Mountain, MI.

    Blog text (13)

  • The cowboy, a father of a young son, was from Goodman, Missouri, and was a prominent saddle bronc rider.

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  • But together with Bergdorf Goodman, Saks, and Bloomingdale's, it once formed the elite department stores of the Upper East Side.

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  • Walking around Bergdorf Goodman is akin to navigating a never-ending but beautiful maze.

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  • David is the resident makeup artist at Bergdorf Goodman in New York and he's just a super amazing resource when you have questions about all things Estee Lauder.

  • Recently, I saw "A Christmas Carol" at the Goodman Theatre, and it was wonderful!

Synonyms

Huntington
vsGoodman
63 6.8

A name that people use for a town, a library, or as a last name

is used mainly for places or institutions rather than personal names
alameda
vsGoodman
30 7.2

A place name for towns, streets, or a city in California

is generally an institutional or place name, not tied to one region
Webster
vsGoodman
14 5.3

A town or village named Webster

is used more broadly for towns, buildings, or organizations rather than just places
Shaw
vsGoodman
6 5.6

A name for a town or neighborhood in English-speaking countries

is used for places or institutions rather than only small local areas
Holden
vsGoodman
5 7.0

The name of some towns in the United States

is used generally as place or institutional name beyond that country
Thorpe
vsGoodman
1 8.6

A name for a village or town in England

is used broadly for places or institutions in many regions not only England
Newburg
vsGoodman
1 6.5

A name used for towns, often in the United States

is a more general place or institutional name not limited by country

Surface Forms

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Morphology

Goodman = good + man (opaque) = good + man

As a place-name derived from a surname or personal name, the fact that it contains 'good' + 'man' does not indicate it is a town or institution.

Etymology

Goodman used for towns or buildings usually comes from the name of a person or family called Goodman, which itself comes from old English good + man meaning 'good' and 'man'. So a place called Goodman was likely named for a person with that name.