## Text Encoding Initiative

### The XML Version of the TEI Guidelines

# <placeName>

`<placeName>` | (place name) contains an absolute or relative place name.
Attributes | Global attributes and those inherited from data, names

Example

    <placeName>
      <settlement>Rochester</settlement>
      <region>New York</region>
    </placeName>

    <placeName>
      <geogName>Arrochar Alps</geogName>
      <region>Argylshire</region>
    </placeName>

    <placeName>
      <distance>10 miles</distance>
      <offset>Northeast of</offset>
      <settlement>Attica</settlement>
    </placeName>

Module | Declared in file teind2; Additional tag set for Names and Dates: enabled by TEI.names.dates
Class | names; data

May contain

#PCDATA abbr add addSpan address alt altGrp anchor app bloc c caesura cb certainty cl corr country damage date dateRange dateStruct del delSpan distance distinct emph expan fLib foreign formula fs fsLib fvLib fw gap geog geogName gloss handShift hi index interp interpGrp join joinGrp lang lb link linkGrp m measure mentioned milestone name num oRef oVar offset orgName orig pRef pVar pb persName phr placeName ptr ref reg region respons restore rs s seg settlement sic soCalled space span spanGrp supplied term time timeRange timeStruct timeline title unclear w xptr xref

May occur within

ab abbr activity actor add addName addrLine admin affiliation author authority bibl biblScope birth bloc byline camera caption case castItem catDesc cell channel cl classCode closer colloc constitution corr country creation damage date dateRange def del derivation descrip dictScrap distance distinct distributor docAuthor docDate docEdition docImprint domain edition editor education emph entryFree etym expan extent factuality figDesc firstLang foreName foreign form funder fw gen genName gloss gram gramGrp head headItem headLabel hi hyph imprimatur interaction item itype l label lang langKnown language lbl lem locale measure meeting mentioned mood name nameLink note num number occasion occupation opener orgDivn orgName orgTitle orgType orig orth otherForm p per persName phr placeName pos preparedness principal pron pubPlace publisher purpose q quote rdg re ref reg region rendition residence resp restore role roleDesc roleName rs s salute seg sense settlement sic signed soCalled socecStatus sound speaker sponsor stage street stress subc supplied surname syll symbol tagUsage tech term time timeRange title titlePart tns tr trailer trans u unclear usg view wit witDetail witness writing xr xref

Declaration

    <!ELEMENT placeName %om.RR; ( #PCDATA | %m.placePart;
                       | %m.phrase; | %m.Incl; )* >
    <!ATTLIST placeName
          %a.global;
          %a.names;>

See further | 20.2 Place Names

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