set in a place



set something in a place

to locate the action of a play or movie in a place. The author set the second act in a wooded glade. The opera was set in a forest outside Moscow.
See also: place, set

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Langston['læŋstən]
MÁTyÁSMAH-tyahshHungarian
Fidelmafi-DEL-maIrish
JuliaJOO-lee-ə (English), YOO-lee-ah (German, Swedish, Danish, Finnish), HOO-lyah (Spanish), YUWL-yah (Polish), YOO-lee-yah (Russian), YOO:-lee-ah (Ancient Roman)English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Spanish, Polish, Finnish, Russian, Ukrainian, An
Samia-Arabic
Seraphina-English (Rare), German (Rare), Late Roman