ばしょ
place, location
Two separate words for spot stuck together, in case the one was not enough. A basho ばしょ is a sumo tournament, and the first thing anybody asks about one is where: ばしょ.
A location you could point to on a map. ところ is looser, and does grammatical work as well.
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