Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The place names of a region or language.
- noun The study of such place names.
- noun Anatomy Nomenclature with respect to a region of the body rather than to organs or structures.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In geography, see the extract. Compare
toponomy . - noun In anatomy, the designation of the position and direction of parts and organs, as distinguished from the names of the parts and organs themselves, which is the province of organonymy; regional or topographical nomenclature; topical terminology.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A system of toponyms; the use of toponyms.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
lexicological study ofplace names ; a branch ofonomastics
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the nomenclature of regional anatomy
- noun the branch of lexicology that studies the place names of a region or a language
Etymologies
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Examples
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It is interesting that so few English place names are Celtic in origin, apart from the obvious parts of the west and a few pockets farther east; also surprising that the Normans did not leave a heavier footprint on toponymy.
April Books 20) Doctor Who - The Power of the Daleks nwhyte 2008
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Public resource management and Inuit toponymy: implementing policies to maintain human-environmental knowledge in Nunavut.
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I'd expect a generic "rock" word would show up in toponymy.
The etymology of Latin tofus 'tufa' isn't written in stone 2009
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A republication of a 1945 classic, a rollicking act of patriotic toponymy.
'A Bloody Operetta' Joshua Rubenstein 2008
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A republication of a 1945 classic, a rollicking act of patriotic toponymy.
A Prodigy's Progress James Penrose 2008
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The majority of the posts will be about the Turkish language, Anatolian toponymy one of my pet interests, Anatolian history and culture, reviews of Turkish books or books about Turkey and such.
Archive 2008-08-01 AYDIN 2008
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The majority of the posts will be about the Turkish language, Anatolian toponymy one of my pet interests, Anatolian history and culture, reviews of Turkish books or books about Turkey and such.
Yogrum: a new Turkish blog AYDIN 2008
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A republication of a 1945 classic, a rollicking act of patriotic toponymy.
Five Best 2008
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I'll just do it now: the book was fun and gave a lot of great examples and procedural details on toponymy or place naming.
Books I'm Reading 2006
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I'll just do it now: the book was fun and gave a lot of great examples and procedural details on toponymy or place naming.
SeeLight: 2006
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