Toponomy

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To`pon´o`my

The designation of position and direction.

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Noun	1.	toponomy - the nomenclature of regional anatomy toponymy nomenclature, terminology, language - a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline; "legal terminology"; "biological nomenclature"; "the language of sociology"
	2.	toponomy - the branch of lexicology that studies the place names of a region or a language toponymy lexicology - the branch of linguistics that studies the lexical component of language

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language lexicology nomenclature terminology toponymy			De Certeau has observed how place names play an important role in the practice of the metaphorical city, forming "a strange toponomy that is detached from actual places and flies over the city like a foggy geography of 'meanings' held in suspension" (104). Self and the city: a psychoanalytical reading of Luigi Malerba's Il ... by Glynn, Ruth / Italica ketchup; toponomy (the study of place names); and colloquialisms. Systematic Spelling: A Classroom Action Plan by Rowe, Gaelene; Lomas, Bill / Australian Journal of Language and Literacy The toponomy reflects some of the heterogeneity that marks the Caribbean present and extends back to its past. The Heinemann Book of Caribbean Poetry by Martin, Jorge Hernandez / Americas (English Edition)			topographer topographic topographic anatomy topographic base Topographic chart topographic engineering topographic map topographic point topographical Topographical map Topographical surveying topographically Topographist topography topoi topolatry topolect topologic topological topological group topological space topologically Topologist topology Topolski Toponomy toponym toponymy topophobia Topophone topos topotype topped topper Toppiece topping topping lift topping-out Toppingly topple topple down topple over tops Tops-and-bottoms topsail topsail schooner topside topsider Topsman topsoil Topsoiling			Topology (structure) Topology (structure) Topology and Geometry Research Center Topology and Policy Recommendation Working Group Topology and Simulation Creator Topology Broadcast Based on Reverse-Path Forwarding Topology Change Topology Change Acknowledgement Topology Change Notification Topology Database Update Topology Hiding Internetwork Gateway Topology Management Topology Ocean Experiment topology of circuits Topology of pointwise convergence Topology Project Status Report Topology Representing Network Topology State Element Topology State Packet Topology, Algebra and Geometry Group Topology-Independent Node Name Topolski Topolski toponarcosis toponium Toponomastics Toponomastics Toponomy toponym toponym toponymic toponymic toponymical toponymies toponymies Toponymist Toponymist Toponyms Toponyms toponymy toponymy topophobia Topophone Toporkov, Vasilii Toporkov, Vasilii Osipovich topos topos Topos (mathematics) Topos theory Toposcope Toposcope toposcopic toposcopic catheter toposcopic catheter toposcopic catheter topotaxis Topotecan Topotecan hydrochloride

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