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hydronym

Syllables: hy·dro·nym/ˈhʌɪdɹənɪm/US/ˈhaɪdɹənɪm/

hydronym noun: the name of a river, lake, sea or any other body of water.

Noun

hydronym (plural hydronyms)

  1. The name of a river, lake, sea or any other body of water.
    • Numerous hydronyms of Asia Minor, attested in the historical Anatolian languages and going back to Proto-Anatolian, can be compared to the Indo-European derivational type of hydronyms in *-ntʰ-. […] Another hydronym of Proto-Anatolian origin and having wide Indo-European connections is Alda, a...1995, Thomas V. Gamkrelidze, Vjačeslav V. Ivanov, “Proto-Indo-European in Space and Time, Based on Linguistic and Culture-historical Data [part 2, chapter 11]”, in Johanna Nichols, transl., edited by...
    • Dutch Zijpe, Zijp (and regional variants) is found in toponyms, e.g. the poulder De/Het Zijpe in the province of North-Holland, the name of the castle Sijpestein (Nieuw-Loosdrecht), […] We are dealing with an old hydronym.2000, Dirk Boutan, Maarten Kossmann, “On the Etymology of Dutch Zijpe”, in Dirk Boutkan, Arend Quak, editors, Language Contact: Substratum, Superstratum, Adstratum in Germanic Languages (Amsterdamer...

Forms of hydronym

pluralhydronyms

Origin of hydronym

From hydro- + -onym.

Words formed from hydronym

Questions about hydronym

What does hydronym mean?
Hydronym means the name of a river, lake, sea or any other body of water.
What part of speech is hydronym?
Hydronym is a noun.
How do you pronounce hydronym?
Hydronym is pronounced /ˈhʌɪdɹənɪm/ (UK).
What is the plural of hydronym?
The plural of hydronym is hydronyms.

Words near hydronym in the dictionary

  1. hydronium
  2. hydronium ion
  3. hydronium ions
  4. hydroniums
  5. hydrons
  6. hydronym
  7. hydronymic
  8. hydronymies
  9. hydronyms
  10. hydronymy
  11. hydroosmotic

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