toponymn.
/ˈtɒpənɪm/, U.S. /ˈtɑpəˌnɪm/ 1. (See quot.)
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toponym1891
1891 Cent. Dict. Toponym,..the technical designation of any region of an animal, as distinguished from any organ.
2. (a) A place-name; a name given to a person or thing marking its place of origin. (b) = toponymic n. 2.
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the mind > language > naming > name or appellation > [noun] > place name
place name1772
habitation name1936
toponym1939
the mind > language > naming > name or appellation > [noun] > place name > derived from topographical feature
nature name1924
toponymic1933
toponym1939
1939 Antiquity Sept. 311 Important also are certain long lists of personal names followed by those of the cities from which these persons came... The toponyms include Byblus (G-b-'l, the Gebal of the Old Testament).
1958 D. Tait in Middleton & Tait Tribes without Rulers 170 Kitiak is therefore a toponym... Others are of the form Udzado or Gbiedo, these are anthroponyms.
1973 Times Lit. Suppl. 5 Jan. 3/3 The Manchester Guardian (before it dropped the toponym).
1978 Regional Lang. Stud.—Newfoundland viii. 3 The surname of the original author of this list, Jeddore, occurs as a toponym in Nova Scotia, and..Jeddore's Harbour is about 40 miles east of Halifax.
1980 Sci. Amer. Feb. 48/1 The Zapotec people also used toponyms, glyphic ‘place signs’ for important places or landmarks, mountains in particular.
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