| 单词 | nature name |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnature name nature name n. a toponym embodying an allusion to a natural occurrence or topographical feature. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > name or appellation > [noun] > place name > derived from topographical feature nature name1924 toponymic1933 toponym1939 1924 Mod. Lang. Notes 39 205 Scandinavian investigators employ the corresponding stedsnavn..3, ‘nature names’ (hills, mountains, forests [etc.]). 1960 P. H. Reaney Orig. Eng. Place-names ii. 30 Farnborough ‘fern-clad hill’, Hertford, ‘stag-ford’..were originally nature-names from which later settlements near-by took their names. 2000 Phoenix New Times (Nexis) 30 Mar. (Features section) A group of tract homes where all the streets have two-word compound nature names such as Foxfire and Amber Creek. < as lemmas |
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