toponym

See also: Toponym

English

Etymology

Back-formation from toponymy.

Noun

toponym (plural toponyms)

A placename.
Synonyms: placename, nomen loci
A word derived from the name of a place.
Coordinate term: eponym

‘Tangerine’ is a toponym of Tangier.
(anatomy) The technical designation of any region of an animal.

Translations

place name

Armenian: տեղանուն (hy) (tełanun)
Catalan: topònim (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 地名 (zh) (dìmíng)
Czech: toponymum (cs) n
Estonian: kohanimi
Finnish: paikannimi (fi)
French: toponyme (fr) m
German: Toponym (de) n, Ortsname (de) m

Greek: τοπωνύμιο (el) n (toponýmio), τοπωνυμία (el) f (toponymía)
Italian: toponimo (it) m
Japanese: 地名 (ja) (ちめい, chimei)
Korean: 지명 (ko) (jimyeong)
Polish: toponim (pl) m inan
Romanian: toponim (ro) n
Russian: топо́ним (ru) m (topónim)
Vietnamese: địa danh

word derived from a place name

Finnish: toponyymi

French: toponyme (fr) m

See also

troponym
Category:English terms derived from toponyms

Further reading

toponym on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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