toponymicadj.n.
/təʊpəʊˈnɪmɪk/ A. adj.
Of or pertaining to toponymy.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > naming > study of names and naming > [adjective] > of place names
toponymical1882
toponymic1891
toponomastic1922
1891 in Cent. Dict.
1896 National Geographic Mag. (U.S.) VII. 222 We miss in the works of a government board of names all evidence of acquaintance with toponymic literature.
B. n.
1. See quot. 1906: cf. patronymic n.
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the mind > language > naming > name or appellation > [noun] > place name > personal name derived from
demonym1895
toponymic1906
1906 Cornish Notes & Queries 142 Toponymics, i.e. personal names derived from the place where a particular ancestor lived.
2. A descriptive place-name, usually derived from some topographical feature of the place.
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the mind > language > naming > name or appellation > [noun] > place name > derived from topographical feature
nature name1924
toponymic1933
toponym1939
1933 Times Lit. Suppl. 20 Apr. 280/2 With a few..exceptions..all Sussex place-names..ought to be explained as toponymics, i.e., as containing descriptive words.
1956 A. H. Smith Eng. Place-name Elements I. 6 Village names which were originally toponymics.
1957 H. H. Jenkins Diction of ‘Yank’ (Ph.D. thesis, Univ. of Florida) v. 45 Some of the GI's toponymics are banal and unimaginative; others are witty and colorful.
1977 Word 28 117 (heading) Celtic toponymics in Scotland.
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adj.n.1891