Meaning

3 senses
  1. A placename.

    Toponym, Ortsname

    топо́нимtopónim

    топо́німtopónim

  2. (uncommon)A word derived from the name of a place.

    ‘Tangerine’ is a toponym of Tangier.

    the name by which a geographical place is known

  3. The technical designation of any region of an animal.

Examples

4 sentences
  1. The toponym Tunis comes from the root "ens", a night camp for troops.

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  2. The toponym Marrakech comes from Amurakkuc; Amur, the land of the god Akuch.

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  3. The toponyms that I have just given are those of places of Djemaa-Saharidj village. Did you know that?

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  4. Did you know that the toponyms that I have just given are those of places of Djemaa-Saharidj village?

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
placename:
Русский
By meaning 1
placename:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
placename:

Origin

Back-formation from toponymy. By surface analysis, topo + -nym.

Back-formation from toponymy. By surface analysis, topo + -nym.

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Forms

plural: toponyms
Singulartoponym
Pluraltoponyms

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
placenamenomen locigeonymgeographic namegeographical name
Close in meaning
  • the name by which a geographical place is known:place name

Word family

8 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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