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hydronymies

hydronymies is the plural of hydronymy.

Meaning of hydronymy

Noun

hydronymy (countable and uncountable, plural hydronymies)

  1. The naming of bodies of water such as rivers and lakes.
    • As references to foreign hydronymies have shown, this semantic structure and development is not confined to Scotland or to the British Isles.1957, Scottish Studies - Volumes 1-2, page 239

Questions about hydronymies

What is hydronymies the plural of?
Hydronymies is the plural of hydronymy.

Words near hydronymies in the dictionary

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

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