toponym

Definitions

1. A placename.
2. A word derived from the name of a place.
   uncommon
3. The technical designation of any region of an animal.

Equivalents

21 more languages

Bosanskitoponimтопоним

Catalàtopònim

Češtinatoponymum

Ελληνικάτοπωνυμίατοπωνύμιο

Suomipaikannimitoponyymi

हिन्दीस्थाननाम

Hrvatskitoponimтопоним

Հայերենտեղանուն

Italianotoponimo

日本語地名

한국어땅이름지명

Nederlandsplaatsnaamtoponiem

Polskitoponim

Portuguêstopónimo

Românătoponim

Русскийтопоним

Slovenčinatoponymum

Српскиtoponimтопоним

ไทยภูมินาม

Українськатопонім

Tiếng Việtđịa danh

Examples

“As we celebrate⟳ one hundred years of official 'standardization' of Canadian toponyms, this would be an appropriate time to reflect⟳ upon the state of toponyms used by the Aboriginal people of Canada.”

“Conquests were recorded using toponyms that refer⟳ to specific cities or locations, and war captives were identified by their place⟳ of origin.”

“If ביתדוד of the Tel Dan Inscription did originate with a temple of some kind, then we must interpret⟳ the ‘’’toponym’’’ as meaning 'House of (the) Patron'. Thus, although the toponym ביתדוד in the Tel Dan Inscription can be connected indirectly with a deity, such a connection is not demanded by the toponym itself.”

“‘Tangerine’ is a toponym of Tangier.”

“The name⟳ Rūmī, by which he is widely known in the West, is a toponym referring to the fact that he lived in the province of Rūm (Anatolia), the country now known as Turkey.”

“Next time you go out for a hamburger, ask⟳ your sixth grader to find⟳ the toponyms. They are words that come⟳ from the names of places, like⟳ hamburger comes from Hamburg, Germany.”

“During the Second Boer War (1899-1902), English officers who had done badly were sent to the British military base⟳ at Stellenbosch, without losing rank, to look⟳ after horses there. Eventually, the term came to refer⟳ to relegating or reassigning someone considered incompetent or incapable to a position of lower responsibility, and is thus a demotion, even though there may be no loss of rank or pay⟳. It generally, though not always, arises in connection with military affairs. The word is therefore known as a toponym (see⟳ place-name).”

“Those husbands with toponyms such as “d'Incisa,” “da Montelupo,” “da Volterra,” and the like⟳ we classify as non-Florentine.”

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