noun · countable / uncountable · rare

toponymy

toponymy · toponymies

топонимика

Ortsnamenkunde, Ortsnamenforschung, Toponomastik, Toponymie

Lexicological study of place namesLexicological study of place names; a branch of onomastics.

/təˈpɒ.nɪˌmi/

» All the toponymy of Israel is Jewish.

Meaning

2 senses

(countable, uncountable)Lexicological study of place names; a branch of onomastics.
Ortsnamenkunde, Ortsnamenforschung, Toponomastik
топони́микаtoponímika
the branch of lexicology that studies the place names of a region or a language
(countable, uncountable)The nomenclature of anatomical regions.
the nomenclature of regional anatomy

2 sentences

All the toponymy of Israel is Jewish.
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The pre-Columbian aborigines of Porto Rico, Haiti, Jamaica, and Cuba were Arawaks, to judge from the toponymy of these islands.
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