geonymies
geonymies is the plural of geonymy.
Meaning of geonymy
Noun
geonymy (countable and uncountable, plural geonymies)
- The nomenclature of place names.
- Among twenty-five female shamans in the Society for the Preservation of Hwanghae Shamsnism, five have family-related names, four of whom are younger than forty-five years old, while twenty have geonymies (see Appendix 2).2004, Yong-sik Yi, Shaman Ritual Music in Korea, page 80
Questions about geonymies
- What is geonymies the plural of?
- Geonymies is the plural of geonymy.
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