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to·pon·y·my

(tə-pŏn′ə-mē)

n. pl. to·pon·y·mies

a. The place names of a region or language.

b. The study of such place names.

2. Anatomy Nomenclature with respect to a region of the body rather than to organs or structures.

to·pon′·y·mist (-mĭst) n.

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toponymy

(təˈpɒnɪmɪ) or

toponymics

1. the study of place names

2. (Medicine) rare the anatomical nomenclature of bodily regions, as distinguished from that of specific organs or structures

ˌtopoˈnymic, ˌtopoˈnymical, ˌtopoˈnymal adj

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to•pon•y•my

(təˈpɒn ə mi)

n.

the study of place names.

[1875–80; top- + -onomy, on the model of synonymy; see -onym, -y³]

top•o•nym•ic (ˌtɒp əˈnɪm ɪk) top`o•nym′i•cal, adj.

toponymy

1. the study of the place names of a district.
2. Anatomy. the nomenclature of the regions of the body. — toponymie, toponymical, adj.

toponymy

The place names used in a particualr region or language.

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Noun	1.	toponymy - the nomenclature of regional anatomy toponomy nomenclature, terminology, language - a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline; "legal terminology"; "biological nomenclature"; "the language of sociology"
	2.	toponymy - the branch of lexicology that studies the place names of a region or a language toponomy lexicology - the branch of linguistics that studies the lexical component of language

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toponymie

toponymy

[təˈpɒnɪmɪ] n → toponimia

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