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TOPONYMY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does toponymy mean?
• TOPONYMY (noun)
The noun TOPONYMY 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: TOPONYMY used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The nomenclature of regional anatomy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
toponomy; toponymy
Hypernyms ("toponymy" 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 ("toponymy" is a kind of...):
lexicology (the branch of linguistics that studies the lexical component of language)
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