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drymonym

drymonym noun: a toponym (place name) referring to a forest or grove.

Noun

drymonym (plural drymonyms)

  1. (rare) A toponym (place name) referring to a forest or grove.
    • This article analyses the drymonyms from the “Lithuanian Forests Name Book”, Lithuanian Geoinformation Data Base and Radviliškis district map (200).2018, Ilona Mickienė, Rimantė Bieliauskaitė, “RADVILIŠKIO RAJONO DRIMONIMŲ DARYBOS ASPEKTAI”, in Respectus Philologicus, number 33 (38), →DOI, →ISSN, page 92
    • The paper examines the cluster of toponyms derived from drymonyms. […] The study seeks to classify Bashkir toponyms derived from names of forests, groves, wild trees and shrubs […]2023, Gulnur Kh. Bukharova, “Bashkir Toponyms Derived from Drymonyms: Classification, Structure, Semantics, Etymologies”, in Oriental Studies, volume 16, number 6, →DOI, →ISSN, page 1672

Forms of drymonym

pluraldrymonyms

Origin of drymonym

From Ancient Greek δρῡμός (drūmós) + -nym.

Questions about drymonym

What does drymonym mean?
Drymonym means a toponym (place name) referring to a forest or grove.
What part of speech is drymonym?
Drymonym is a noun.
What is the plural of drymonym?
The plural of drymonym is drymonyms.

Words near drymonym in the dictionary

  1. drylining
  2. drylot
  3. drylots
  4. dryly
  5. Drymen
  6. drymonym
  7. drymonyms
  8. dryness
  9. drynesses
  10. drynurse
  11. drynursed

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