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toponymy
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to·pon·y·my  (t-pn-m)
n. pl. to·pon·y·mies
1.
a. The place names of a region or language.
b. The study of such place names.
2. Anatomy Nomenclature with respect to a region of the body rather than to organs or structures.
toponymy [təˈpɒnɪmɪ]
n
1. the study of place names
2. (Medicine) Rare the anatomical nomenclature of bodily regions, as distinguished from that of specific organs or structures
toponymic  [ˌtɒpəˈnɪmɪk], toponymical adj
toponymy
1. the study of the place names of a district.
2. Anatomy. the nomenclature of the regions of the body. — toponymie, toponymical, adj.
See also: Names
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Noun1.toponymy - the nomenclature of regional anatomytoponymy - the nomenclature of regional anatomy
toponomy
nomenclature, terminology, language - a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline; "legal terminology"; "biological nomenclature"; "the language of sociology"
2.toponymy - the branch of lexicology that studies the place names of a region or a languagetoponymy - the branch of lexicology that studies the place names of a region or a language
toponomy
lexicology - the branch of linguistics that studies the lexical component of language
Translations
toponymy [təˈpɒnɪmɪ] n → toponimia
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