This article examines the cultural-cognitive representation of place and object names in Uzbek and English literary prose. The study focuses on the way culturally coded spatial and material units activate conceptual knowledge, cultural associations, social frames, and mental representations in the reader’s cognition. The research is based on Abdulla Qodiriy’s O‘tkan kunlar (Bygone Days) and Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. Unlike approaches that treat place and object names primarily as nominative or descriptive elements, the present study interprets them as cognitive triggers participating in the construction of literary space and cultural meaning. The analysis employs the concepts of conceptualization, categorization, frame, cognitive domain, mental space, and cultural knowledge. Particular attention is paid to such place names as Tashkent, Margilan, Longbourn, Meryton, Netherfield, and Pemberley, as well as to culturally meaningful objects and material signs represented in the two novels. The analysis demonstrates that a literary place name may activate a complex network of geographical, social, historical, familial, and cultural knowledge rather than merely identify a physical location. Similarly, an object may acquire cultural significance through its association with social status, gender roles, domestic practices, values, and interpersonal relations. The study proposes a cognitive model in which a culturally coded unit moves from linguistic form through contextual activation and cultural association to conceptualization, frame construction, and the formation of a culturally specific mental space. The comparative analysis reveals both shared cognitive categories and culture-specific ways of organizing literary knowledge in Uzbek and English prose.