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choronym

/ˈkɔːɹənɪm/

choronym noun: a type of toponym representing the name of a region, country or any other territory.

Noun

choronym (plural choronyms)

  1. A type of toponym representing the name of a region, country or any other territory.
    • Choronym (Gk. khôra, “place,” “land," "country" + -onym). A type of toponym, as the name of any country, territory, region, district or the like. Ex. America, United States, Scotland, Armenia, Texas, Siberia, Rocky Mountains, Yellowstone National Park, Provence, Sicily, Antarctica.1996, Adrian Room, An Alphabetical Guide to the Language of Name Studies
    • there are toponyms such as Salğır – the name of a river – and Qanglı (probably the name of the village, but it may be an oronym, or even a choronym).2018, Oleg Rustemov, Crimean Toponyms in the Court Registers of the 17th–18th Centuries and the Issue of the Crimean Tatars' Tribal Composition

Forms of choronym

pluralchoronyms

Origin of choronym

From choro- + -nym.

Questions about choronym

What does choronym mean?
Choronym means a type of toponym representing the name of a region, country or any other territory.
What part of speech is choronym?
Choronym is a noun.
How do you pronounce choronym?
Choronym is pronounced /ˈkɔːɹənɪm/.
What is the plural of choronym?
The plural of choronym is choronyms.

Words near choronym in the dictionary

  1. Choromandell
  2. choromania
  3. choromatography
  4. chorometry
  5. Choron sauce
  6. choronym
  7. choronyms
  8. chorophobia
  9. chorophyte
  10. choropleth
  11. choropleth map

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