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onomastic

UK/ˌɒ.nəʊˈmæs.tɪk//ˌɑː.noʊˈmæs.tɪk/

onomastic adjective: of or relating to a personal or place name.

Adjective

onomastic (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to a personal or place name.
    • The core of the study consists of an onomastic analysis and comparison of some selected areas of the urbanonymic system; I also delineate the characteristics of different urbanonymic types.2013, David Vaculík, “Parts of the city of Ostrava – The past and current state of urbanonymy”, in Masaryk University Brno, page 403
  2. Of or relating to onomastics.

onomastic meaning in Tamil

onomastic in Tamil

சிறப்புப் பெயர் வரலாறு

Origin of onomastic

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀνομᾰστῐκός (onomăstĭkós).

Words formed from onomastic

Words that rhyme with onomastic

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Questions about onomastic

What does onomastic mean?
Onomastic means of or relating to a personal or place name.
What is onomastic in Tamil?
Onomastic in Tamil is சிறப்புப் பெயர் வரலாறு. See Onomastic meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is onomastic?
Onomastic is an adjective.
How do you pronounce onomastic?
Onomastic is pronounced /ˌɒ.nəʊˈmæs.tɪk/ (UK).

Words near onomastic in the dictionary

  1. onomasiologically
  2. onomasiologist
  3. onomasiologists
  4. onomasiology
  5. onomast
  6. onomastic
  7. onomastica
  8. onomastically
  9. onomastician
  10. onomasticians
  11. onomasticide

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Adapted from Wiktionary: onomastic (page history and authors); onomastic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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