Meaning of hydronymy | Babel Free

Definitions

The naming of bodies of water such as rivers and lakes.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“As references to foreign hydronymies have⟳ shown, this semantic structure⟳ and development is not confined to Scotland or to the British Isles.”

“In hydronymy there are many pairs of river names such as Eau Blanche/Eau Noire in France, Blanc Ruxel/Noir Ruisseau in the Vosges, France, Beli Iskdr/Cerni Iskdr in Bulgaria, Crisul Alb/Crisul Negru in Romania.”

“Hydronymy marks the most conservative feature of toponomastics. By hydronymy earlier strata of a population might be identified and the movements of prehistoric peoples can be observed assessing the spread⟳ of the hydronymy associated with them.”

CEFR level