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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Toponym

Toponym \Top"o*nym\, n.

  1. A name of a place.

  2. a name, as in the binomial name of a plant, based on, or derived from, a place name, or based on the location of the thing named.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
toponym

1939, "place name," from comb. form of Greek topos "place" (see topos) + -onym "name" (see name (n.)). Toponymy "study of place names" is from 1876. Related: Toponymic; toponymics.

Wiktionary
toponym

n. 1 A placename. 2 A word derived from the name of a place.

WordNet
toponym

n. the name by which a geographical place is known [syn: place name]

Usage examples of "toponym".

He leaned forward to read the toponyms on the map so as to avoid any possible mistakes.