The toponym Tunis comes from the root "ens", a night camp for troops.
Source: tatoeba (7063744)
Toponym
//ˈtɒpənɪm//
Synonyms for "toponym" (7 found)
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42 translations across 35 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- pleknaam noun (placename)
Albanian
1 entries- toponim noun (placename)
Armenian
1 entries- տեղանուն noun (placename)
Asturian
1 entries- topónimu noun (placename)
Belarusian
1 entries- тапо́нім noun (placename)
Catalan
1 entries- topònim noun (placename)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 地名 noun (placename)
Czech
1 entries- toponymum noun (placename)
Dutch
2 entries- plaatsnaam noun (placename)
- toponiem noun (placename)
Estonian
1 entries- kohanimi noun (placename)
Finnish
2 entries- paikannimi noun (placename)
- toponyymi noun (word derived from a place name)
French
2 entries- toponyme noun (placename)
- toponyme noun (word derived from a place name)
Galician
1 entries- topónimo noun (placename)
Georgian
1 entries- ტოპონიმი noun (placename)
German
2 entries- Ortsname noun (placename)
- Toponym noun (placename)
Greek
2 entries- τοπωνυμία noun (placename)
- τοπωνύμιο noun (placename)
Hindi
1 entries- स्थाननाम noun (placename)
Hungarian
1 entries- helynév noun (placename)
Icelandic
1 entries- staðarnafn noun (placename)
Italian
1 entries- toponimo noun (placename)
Japanese
1 entries- 地名 noun (placename)
Khmer
2 entries- ស្ថាននាម noun (placename)
- ស្ថានសព្ទ noun (word derived from a place name)
Korean
1 entries- 지명 noun (placename)
Macedonian
1 entries- тoпoним noun (placename)
Māori
1 entries- ingoa wāhi noun (placename)
Polish
1 entries- toponim noun (placename)
Portuguese
2 entries- topónimo noun (word derived from a place name)
- topônimo noun (word derived from a place name)
Romanian
1 entries- toponim noun (placename)
Russian
1 entries- топо́ним noun (placename)
Slovak
1 entries- toponymum noun (placename)
Slovene
1 entries- toponim noun (placename)
Spanish
1 entries- topónimo noun (placename)
Ukrainian
1 entries- топо́нім noun (placename)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- toponym noun (placename)
Vietnamese
1 entries- địa danh noun (placename)
Sample sentences
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The toponym Marrakech comes from Amurakkuc; Amur, the land of the god Akuch.
Source: tatoeba (7063777)
Even the toponym Tunis, Tunes, comes from the verb ens [NS]: Tunes is the soldiers' night camp. It's like you say.
Source: tatoeba (9227402)
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.
Source: wiktionary
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