toponymy

English

Etymology

From topo- +‎ -onymy.

Noun

toponymy (countable and uncountable, plural toponymies)

(semantics) Lexicological study of place names; a branch of onomastics.
Synonym: toponomastics

Hypernym: onomastics

Coordinate term: anthroponymy
(anatomy) The nomenclature of anatomical regions.

Derived terms

Translations

study of place names

Armenian: տեղանվանագիտություն (tełanvanagitutʿyun), տոպոնիմիկա (hy) (toponimika)
Catalan: toponímia f
Estonian: toponüümia
Finnish: paikannimitutkimus, toponomastiikka
French: toponymie (fr) f
Icelandic: örnefnafræði n pl

Irish: logainmníocht f
Malay: toponimi
Occitan: toponimia (oc) f
Portuguese: toponímia (pt) f
Russian: топони́мика (ru) f (toponímika)

Anagrams

monotypy

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