Meaning of microtoponymy | Babel Free

Definitions

The study of nomenclature of small local places such as mountains, fields, or sections of forests.

uncountable

Examples

“The Christian chronicler obviously did not “recognize” the Biblical name in the Kievan placename: evidently, the mountain—name Khorevitsa had been deeply rooted in the pre-Christian Kievan microtoponymy;”

“The unofficial status of microtoponymy on Vernon is illustrated by the matter-of-fact, spontaneous, and descriptive nature of such names.”

“The field of microtoponymy is concerned with individual or local use of toponyms in a small village or urban quarter, which may also reflect the social relations of their inhabitants.”

CEFR level