A demonym is typically - but not always - derived from a placename, though it is equally true that many countries are named for their inhabitants.
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Placename
//ˈpleɪsneɪm//
Synonyms for "placename" (7 found)
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Closest matches (2)
Noun(2 words)
Strong matches (2)
Related words (3)
Noun(2 words)
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Translations
50 translations across 39 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- տեղանուն noun (the name of a place)
Bashkir
2 entries- ер-һыу атамаһы noun (the name of a place)
- топоним noun (the name of a place)
Bulgarian
1 entries- географско наименование noun (the name of a place)
Catalan
1 entries- topònim noun (the name of a place)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 地名 noun (the name of a place)
Danish
1 entries- stednavn noun (the name of a place)
Dutch
1 entries- plaatsnaam noun (the name of a place)
Estonian
2 entries- kohanimi noun (the name of a place)
- toponüüm noun (the name of a place)
Faroese
1 entries- staðarnavn noun (the name of a place)
Finnish
1 entries- paikannimi noun (the name of a place)
French
1 entries- toponyme noun (the name of a place)
German
2 entries- Ortsname noun (the name of a place)
- Toponym noun (the name of a place)
Greek
2 entries- τοπωνυμία noun (the name of a place)
- τοπωνύμιο noun (the name of a place)
Hungarian
3 entries- földrajzi név noun (the name of a place)
- helynév noun (the name of a place)
- helységnév noun (the name of a place)
Icelandic
2 entries- staðarheiti noun (the name of a place)
- örnefni noun (the name of a place)
Inari Sami
1 entries- sajenommâ noun (the name of a place)
Irish
1 entries- logainm noun (the name of a place)
Italian
1 entries- toponimo noun (the name of a place)
Japanese
1 entries- 地名 noun (the name of a place)
Korean
1 entries- 지명 noun (the name of a place)
Latin
1 entries- nomen loci noun (the name of a place)
Lithuanian
2 entries- toponi̇̀mas noun (the name of a place)
- vietóvardis noun (the name of a place)
Low German
1 entries- Oortsnaam noun (the name of a place)
Malay
1 entries- nama tempat noun (the name of a place)
Māori
1 entries- ingoa wāhi noun (the name of a place)
Northern Sami
1 entries- báikenamma noun (the name of a place)
Polish
1 entries- toponim noun (the name of a place)
Portuguese
2 entries- topónimo noun (the name of a place)
- topônimo noun (the name of a place)
Romanian
1 entries- toponim noun (the name of a place)
Russian
1 entries- топо́ним noun (the name of a place)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- ainm àite noun (the name of a place)
Spanish
1 entries- topónimo noun (the name of a place)
Swedish
3 entries- ortnamn noun (the name of a place)
- ortsnamn noun (the name of a place)
- toponym noun (the name of a place)
Telugu
1 entries- స్థలనామము noun (the name of a place)
Turkish
1 entries- yer adı noun (the name of a place)
Udmurt
1 entries- интыним noun (the name of a place)
Vietnamese
1 entries- địa danh noun (the name of a place)
Walloon
1 entries- no d' plaece noun (the name of a place)
Welsh
1 entries- enw lle noun (the name of a place)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
With a complex site, different site elements may not be terminologically distinguished, or else a generic term may be optionally added to the placename to distinguish a site element, such as a hill, well, or claypan at the location.
Source: wiktionary
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