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toponym

/ˈtɒpənɪm/

toponym noun: a placename.

Noun

toponym (plural toponyms)

  1. A placename.
    • As we celebrate one hundred years of official 'standardization' of Canadian toponyms, this would be an appropriate time to reflect upon the state of toponyms used by the Aboriginal people of Canada.2003, William C. Wonders, Canada's Changing North, →ISBN, page 207
    • Conquests were recorded using toponyms that refer to specific cities or locations, and war captives were identified by their place of origin.2006, Robert J. Sharer, Loa P. Traxler, The Ancient Maya, →ISBN, page 714
    Synonyms:
    placename, nomen loci, geonym, geographic name, geographical name
  2. (uncommon) A word derived from the name of a place.
    • ‘Tangerine’ is a toponym of Tangier.
    • The name Rūmī, by which he is widely known in the West, is a toponym referring to the fact that he lived in the province of Rūm (Anatolia), the country now known as Turkey.2010, Seyed Ghahreman Safavi, Simon Weightman, Rumi's Mystical Design: Reading the Mathnawi, Book One, →ISBN, page 1
  3. The technical designation of any region of an animal.

toponym meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Vietnamese

toponym in Hindi

placename
स्थाननाम sthānnām

toponym in Tamil

இடப்பெயர்

toponym in Telugu

toponym, place name
స్థలనామము sthalanāmamu

toponym in Vietnamese

placename
địa danh

Examples of toponym in a sentence

  • If ביתדוד of the Tel Dan Inscription did originate with a temple of some kind, then we must interpret the ‘’’toponym’’’ as meaning 'House of (the) Patron'.2006, George Athas, The Tel Dan Inscription: A Reappraisal and a New Introduction, →ISBN:
  • Next time you go out for a hamburger, ask your sixth grader to find the toponyms.2012, Suzanne Barchers, Sixth Grade Parent Guide for Your Child's Success, →ISBN:
  • The word is therefore known as a toponym (see place-name).2015, Peter E. Meltzer, The Thinker's Thesaurus: Sophisticated Alternatives to Common Words, →ISBN:
  • Those husbands with toponyms such as “d'Incisa,” “da Montelupo,” “da Volterra,” and the like we classify as non-Florentine.2015, Julius Kirshner, Marriage, Dowry, and Citizenship in Late Medieval and Renaissance Italy, →ISBN:

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Synonyms of toponym

All synonyms of toponym

Forms of toponym

pluraltoponyms

Origin of toponym

Back-formation from toponymy. By surface analysis, topo + -nym.

Words formed from toponym

Questions about toponym

What does toponym mean?
Toponym means a placename.
What is toponym in Hindi?
Toponym in Hindi is स्थाननाम (sthānnām). See Toponym meaning in Hindi.
How do you use toponym in a sentence?
If ביתדוד of the Tel Dan Inscription did originate with a temple of some kind, then we must interpret the ‘’’toponym’’’ as meaning 'House of (the) Patron'.
What part of speech is toponym?
Toponym is a noun.
How do you pronounce toponym?
Toponym is pronounced /ˈtɒpənɪm/ (UK).
What is the plural of toponym?
The plural of toponym is toponyms.

Words near toponym in the dictionary

  1. toponomic
  2. toponomics
  3. toponomies
  4. toponomist
  5. toponomy
  6. toponym
  7. toponymal
  8. toponymic
  9. toponymical
  10. toponymically
  11. toponymics

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: toponym (page history and authors); toponym (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); స్థలనామము (Telugu) (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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