Toponym

//ˈtɒpənɪm// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A placename.

    "As we celebrate one hundred years of official 'standardization' of Canadian toponyms, this would be an appropriate time to reflect upon the state of toponyms used by the Aboriginal people of Canada."

  2. 2
    the name by which a geographical place is known wordnet
  3. 3
    A word derived from the name of a place. uncommon

    "‘Tangerine’ is a toponym of Tangier."

  4. 4
    The technical designation of any region of an animal.

Synonyms

All synonyms
geographic namegeographical namenomen lociplace nameplace nameplacename

Example

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"The toponym Tunis comes from the root "ens", a night camp for troops."

Etymology

Back-formation from toponymy. By surface analysis, topo + -nym.

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