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toponym
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun toponym has 1 sense
- toponym(n = noun.communication) place name - the name by which a geographical place is known; Array is a kind of name
is a part of troponomy, troponymy
CIDE DICTIONARY
toponym, n.
- A name of a place. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- a name, as in the binomial name of a plant, based on, or derived from, a place name, or based on the location of the thing named. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
toponym, n.
1 a place-name.
2 a descriptive place-name, usu. derived from a topographical feature of the place.
1 a place-name.
2 a descriptive place-name, usu. derived from a topographical feature of the place.
Etymology
TOPONYMY
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