toponym

Noun

Meaning

A placename.
Synonyms: placename, nomen loci, geographic name, geographical name
Hyponyms: hydronym, oronym

(less common) A word derived from the name of a place.
Coordinate term: eponym

‘Tangerine’ is a toponym of Tangier.

(anatomy) The technical designation of any region of an animal.

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Examples

As a result of the find of the Bern zinc tablet in the 1980s, it is now more common to assume that the city was named after a pre-existing toponym of Celtic origin, possibly *berna "cleft". Source: Internet

Instead, they avoided the toponym altogether, turning it into an ethnonym. Source: Internet

Another Arab toponym was Qaṭāniyyah (قطانية), allegedly from the Arabic word for the " leguminous plants ". Source: Internet

One view suggests this toponym might be an example of a tribal name used by resettling groups on their return from exile. Source: Internet

The philologist Hans Krahe related this toponym on a paleo-European basis *Ar-n-, derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *er-, "flow, move". Source: Internet

The place denominated Respa was probably a wrong transcript of the toponym Melpha, referring to a small village of fishermen. Source: Internet

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