Meaning of geonymy | Babel Free

Definitions

The nomenclature of place names.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“Among twenty-five female shamans in the Society for the Preservation of Hwanghae Shamsnism, five have family-related names, four of whom are younger than forty-five years old, while twenty have geonymies (see Appendix 2).”

“As regards Trojan geonymy, more or less 25% (18) geonyms remain intact, given the similarity with the original or in translation (TABLE 1.4).”

“Informally she would be known by her social position (new bride, daughterin-law), by teknonymy (Suni's mother), or geonymy (the girl from Pusan).”

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