toponymy

IPA: tɑpʌnɪmi

noun

  • (semantics) Lexicological study of place names; a branch of onomastics.
  • (anatomy) The nomenclature of anatomical regions.
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Examples of "toponymy" in Sentences

  • Much the same is true of toponymy.
  • Toponymy suggests a place for this.
  • Toponymy is the study of place names.
  • This is the commonly accepted toponymy.
  • Etymology is a tool used within toponymy.
  • Anything useful can be merged into Toponymy.
  • British toponymy is rich, complex and diverse.
  • I'm a sucker for toponymy geographical patterns.
  • It is at best only tangentially related to toponymy.
  • Second, it respects the first principle of toponymy.
  • I'd expect a generic "rock" word would show up in toponymy.
  • A republication of a 1945 classic, a rollicking act of patriotic toponymy.
  • Public resource management and Inuit toponymy: implementing policies to maintain human-environmental knowledge in Nunavut.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.

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