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Noun: toponymy  tu'pó-nu-mee
  1. The branch of lexicology that studies the place names of a region or a language
    "Toponymy reveals much about the history and culture of an area"
     
  2. [rare] The nomenclature of regional anatomy
    "The medical students studied the toponymy of the brain to understand its different regions"

Derived forms: toponymies

Type of: language, lexicology, nomenclature, terminology

Encyclopedia: Toponymy