Definition of Toponomy

1. Noun. The nomenclature of regional anatomy.

Exact synonyms: Toponymy
Generic synonyms: Language, Nomenclature, Terminology

2. Noun. The branch of lexicology that studies the place names of a region or a language.
Exact synonyms: Toponymy
Generic synonyms: Lexicology

Definition of Toponomy

1. n. The designation of position and direction.

Definition of Toponomy

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of toponymy) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Toponomy

topology
topomer
topomerization
topomerizations
topomers
topometric
topometrically
topometry
toponarcosis
toponia
toponium
toponiums
toponomastic
toponomastics
toponomist
toponomy (current term)
toponym
toponymic
toponymical
toponymies
toponymist
toponymists
toponyms
toponymy
topopathogenesis
topophilia
topophobia
topophotomap
topophylaxis
topos

Literary usage of Toponomy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Calcutta Review by University of Calcutta (1844)
"PRE-ARYAN AND POST-ARYAN ELEMENTS IN THE BENGALI LANGUAGE AND BENGALI toponomy. KRISHNA PADA GOSWAMI Ethnological studies had revealed four main races in ..."

2. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1880)
"As a single illustration of the logical inconsistencies into which we are led by the use of the current toponomy, take the series of possible designations ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1833)
"... toponomy, which has not obscured or invaded that of the heroic period. ... an increasing disregard of relative chronology, and of consistent toponomy. ..."

4. Anatomical Technology as Applied to the Domestic Cat: An Introduction to by Burt Green Wilder, Simon Henry Gage (1882)
"... Direction— toponomy 30 The normal position of the body 21 Designation of the aspects of animals 21 Views of Barclay and others 21-22 Ambiguity of terms ..."

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