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toponymy

toponymy

English

Noun

toponymy ‎(countable and uncountable, plural toponymies)

lexicological study of place names; a branch of onomastics

Synonyms

toponomastics

Derived terms

Hypernyms

onomastics

Translations

study of place names

Armenian: տեղանվանագիտություն ‎(tełanvanagitutʿyun), տոպոնիմիկա ‎(toponimika)
Catalan: toponímia f
Estonian: toponüümia
Finnish: paikannimitutkimus, toponomastiikka
French: toponymie (fr) f

Icelandic: örnefnafræði n pl
Irish: logainmníocht f
Malay: toponimi
Portuguese: toponímia (pt) f
Russian: топони́мика (ru) f ‎(toponímika)