Hydronymy

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The naming of bodies of water such as rivers and lakes. countable, uncountable

    "As references to foreign hydronymies have shown, this semantic structure and development is not confined to Scotland or to the British Isles."

Example

More examples

"As references to foreign hydronymies have shown, this semantic structure and development is not confined to Scotland or to the British Isles."

Etymology

From hydro- + -onymy.

More for "hydronymy"

SynonymsSentencesPronunciationTranslate

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciationBrowse writing guides

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.