8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: in response to determining that the query term and the possible synonym for the query term are synonyms, obtaining search results for the query using the geographic entity name and not the different geographic entity name.
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving a query that includes a geographic entity name; identifying a different geographic entity name that is a candidate synonym of the geographic entity name; determining a relationship between the geographic entity name and the different geographic entity name in a geographic data set that includes a plurality of names of geographic entities and respective relationships between pairs of geographic entities; and determining not to revise the query based on the relationship between the geographic entity name and the different geographic entity name.