| 单词 | toponymic | 
| 释义 | toponymicadj.n. 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < | 
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