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microtoponymy

microtoponymy noun: the study of nomenclature of small local places such as mountains, fields, or sections of forests.

Noun

microtoponymy (uncountable)

  1. The study of nomenclature of small local places such as mountains, fields, or sections of forests.
    • The Christian chronicler obviously did not “recognize” the Biblical name in the Kievan placename: evidently, the mountain—name Khorevitsa had been deeply rooted in the pre-Christian Kievan microtoponymy;2007, Peter Golden, Haggai Ben-Shammai, András Roná-Tas, The World of the Khazars, →ISBN
    • The unofficial status of microtoponymy on Vernon is illustrated by the matter-of-fact, spontaneous, and descriptive nature of such names.2013, Joshua Nash, Insular Toponymies: Place-naming on Norfolk Island, South Pacific and Dudley Peninsula, Kangaroo Island, →ISBN

Origin of microtoponymy

From micro- + toponymy.

Questions about microtoponymy

What does microtoponymy mean?
Microtoponymy means the study of nomenclature of small local places such as mountains, fields, or sections of forests.
What part of speech is microtoponymy?
Microtoponymy is a noun.

Words near microtoponymy in the dictionary

  1. microtopological
  2. microtopologies
  3. microtopology
  4. microtoponym
  5. microtoponyms
  6. microtoponymy
  7. microtoroid
  8. microtoroidal
  9. microtoroids
  10. microtorque
  11. microtorques

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