Usually means: Study of place names' origins.
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  1. toponymy: Merriam-Webster
  2. toponymy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. toponymy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. toponymy: Collins English Dictionary
  5. toponymy: Vocabulary.com
  6. toponymy: Wordnik
  7. toponymy: Wiktionary
  8. toponymy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. toponymy: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. toponymy: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. toponymy: Dictionary.com
  12. Toponymy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. toponymy: Rhymezone
  14. toponymy: FreeDictionary.org
  15. toponymy: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. toponymy: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (toponymy)

▸ noun:  (semantics) Lexicological study of place names; a branch of onomastics.
▸ noun:  (anatomy) The nomenclature of anatomical regions.

Similar:
toponomy, toponymics, toponomastics, toponymist, onomatology, onomastician, odonymy, onomast, anthroponymy, ethnonymics, more...

Opposite:
topography, geography, cartography

Phrases:
Toponymy of England, German toponymy, Norman toponymy, Germanic toponymy, Celtic toponymy, more...

Adjectives:
local, ancient, modern, english, native, slavic, arabic, biblical, regional, old, scottish

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Similar:
toponomy, toponymics, toponomastics, toponymist, onomatology, onomastician, odonymy, onomast, anthroponymy, ethnonymics, more...

Opposite:
topography, geography, cartography

Phrases:
Toponymy of England, German toponymy, Norman toponymy, Germanic toponymy, Celtic toponymy, more...

Adjectives:
local, ancient, modern, english, native, slavic, arabic, biblical, regional, old, scottish



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