Silva refers to a place dominated by trees; dal refers to a valley; the origin of mira is unclear.

During Jayadeva's life, it was known as a religious place dominated by Vaishnava Brahmins.

The forests are deciduous mainly oak and beech and, in places dominated by the elm.

The place dominated by the castle has been inhabited since Prehistory.

Sosa has also become a huge sports presence in Chicago, a place dominated by another rather colossal individual.

He said that he hoped that its example would "encourage building on a human scale" in a place once dominated by monumental structures.

All are like Dixwell, a place dominated by public-housing complexes and drug peddlers.

On a recent Saturday, the heady smells of oil-based inks permeated the workshop, a place dominated by dark, hulking machines.

In an autobiographical essay, he described his hometown as a place "dominated by conformism - the pursuit of respectability."

"We imagined it as an anesthetized state of mind, a no place dominated by a culture of conformity and consumption."