toponymy

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/təˈpɒ.nɪˌmi/

noun

Lexicological study of place names; a branch of onomastics.

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OriginAncient Greek ὄνυμα (ónuma) ← English topo- →
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Meanings

nountoponymy (countable and uncountable, plural toponymies)

plural toponymies · alternative toponomy

  1. countableuncountablehuman sciencesLexicological study of place names; a branch of onomastics.

    Synonyms: toponomastics

  2. countableuncountableanatomyThe nomenclature of anatomical regions.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounLexicological study of place names; a branch of onomastics.

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More synonyms by meaning

nounthe nomenclature of regional anatomy

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

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekτόπος (tópos)
  2. Englishtopo-
  3. Ancient Greekὄνυμα (ónuma)
  4. Englishtoponymy

From topo- + -onymy.

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Translations

Catalan toponímia
  • toponímiastudy of place names
Chinese Cantonese 地名學 /地名学
  • 地名學 /地名学study of place names
Chinese Mandarin 地名學 /地名学
  • 地名學 /地名学 (dìmíngxué)study of place names
Danish toponymi
  • toponymistudy of place names
Esperanto loknomstudo, toponimio
  • loknomstudostudy of place names
  • toponimiostudy of place names
Estonian toponüümia
  • toponüümiastudy of place names
Finnish paikannimitutkimus, toponomastiikka
  • paikannimitutkimusstudy of place names
  • toponomastiikkastudy of place names
French toponymie
  • toponymiestudy of place names
German Ortsnamenkunde, Ortsnamenforschung
  • Ortsnamenkundestudy of place names
  • Ortsnamenforschungstudy of place names
  • Toponomastikstudy of place names
  • Toponymiestudy of place names
  • Toponymikstudy of place names
Greek τοπωνυμιολογία
  • τοπωνυμιολογία (toponymiología)study of place names
Hindi स्थाननामिकी
  • स्थाननामिकी (sthānnāmikī)study of place names
Icelandic örnefnafræði
  • örnefnafræðistudy of place names
Indonesian toponimi
  • toponimistudy of place names
Irish logainmníocht
  • logainmníochtstudy of place names
Italian toponimia
  • toponimiastudy of place names
Japanese 地名学
  • 地名学 (chimeigaku)study of place names
Korean 지명학
  • 지명학 (jimyeonghak)study of place names
Malay toponimi
  • toponimistudy of place names
Norwegian Bokmål toponymi, stedsnavnsforskning
  • toponymistudy of place names
  • stedsnavnsforskningstudy of place names
  • stedsnavnsgranskingstudy of place names
Portuguese toponímia
  • toponímiastudy of place names
Russian топони́мика
  • топони́мика (toponímika)study of place names
Swedish toponymi, ortnamnsforskning
  • toponymistudy of place names
  • ortnamnsforskningstudy of place names
  • toponomastikstudy of place names
  • geografisk onomatologistudy of place names
Tamil இடப்பெயர் ஆய்வு
  • இடப்பெயர் ஆய்வு (iṭappeyar āyvu)study of place names
Vietnamese địa danh học
  • địa danh họcstudy of place names

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with toponymy

synonymyallonymyanonymyanthroponymyantonymyautonymycryptonymydemonymyendonymyeponymyethnonymyeuonymygeonymyglottonymyheteronymyhodonymyholonymyhomonymyhydronymyhyponymyisonymymeronymymononymyneonymy
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Anagrams

monotypy
Cite this entry
APA

toponymy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toponymy

MLA

“toponymy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toponymy. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “toponymy,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toponymy.

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