TOPONOMY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does toponomy mean? 

• TOPONOMY (noun)
  The noun TOPONOMY has 2 senses:

1. the nomenclature of regional anatomy

2. the branch of lexicology that studies the place names of a region or a language

  Familiarity information: TOPONOMY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TOPONOMY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The nomenclature of regional anatomy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

toponomy; toponymy

Hypernyms ("toponomy" is a kind of...):

language; nomenclature; terminology (a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The branch of lexicology that studies the place names of a region or a language

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

toponomy; toponymy

Hypernyms ("toponomy" is a kind of...):

lexicology (the branch of linguistics that studies the lexical component of language)