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TOPONYMY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does toponymy mean? 

TOPONYMY (noun)
  The noun TOPONYMY has 2 senses:

1. the nomenclature of regional anatomyplay

2. the branch of lexicology that studies the place names of a region or a languageplay

  Familiarity information: TOPONYMY used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TOPONYMY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The nomenclature of regional anatomy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

toponomy; toponymy

Hypernyms ("toponymy" is a kind of...):

language; nomenclature; terminology (a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline)


Sense 2

Meaning:

The branch of lexicology that studies the place names of a region or a language

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

toponomy; toponymy

Hypernyms ("toponymy" is a kind of...):

lexicology (the branch of linguistics that studies the lexical component of language)


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