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TOPONYM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does toponym mean?
• TOPONYM (noun)
The noun TOPONYM has 1 sense:
1. the name by which a geographical place is known
Familiarity information: TOPONYM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The name by which a geographical place is known
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
place name; toponym
Hypernyms ("toponym" is a kind of...):
name (a language unit by which a person or thing is known)
Holonyms ("toponym" is a part of...):
troponomy; troponymy (the place names of a region or a language considered collectively)
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