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toponymy
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun toponymy has 2 senses
- toponymy(n = noun.communication) toponomy - the nomenclature of regional anatomy; Array is a kind of language, nomenclature, terminology
- toponymy(n = noun.cognition) toponomy - the branch of lexicology that studies the place names of a region or a language; Array is a kind of lexicology
OXFORD DICTIONARY
toponymy, n. the study of the place-names of a region.
Derivative
toponymic adj.
Etymology
Gk topos place + onoma name
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