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Definition of Toponym
1. Noun. The name by which a geographical place is known.
Definition of Toponym
1. n. A name of a place; more broadly, a name, as in the binomial name of a plant, based on, or derived from, a place name, or based on the location of the thing named.
Definition of Toponym
1. Noun. a place name ¹
2. Noun. a word derived from the name of a place ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Toponym
1. the name of a place [n -S]
Medical Definition of Toponym
1. A regional term; one designating a region as distinguished from the name of a structure, system, or organ. Origin: topo-+ G. Onyma, name (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Toponym
Literary usage of Toponym
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Historical and Economic Geography of Ottoman Greece: The Southwestern by Fariba Zarinebaf, John Bennet, Jack L. Davis (2005)
"Even though it does not help in locating the toponym, it is just possible that
it appears in a Venetian tax record of 1704 as "Mischa Catto" (Davies 2004, ..."
2. The Temple of Apollo Bassitas by Frederick A. Cooper (1996)
"From this, it is clear that Bassai is a common poetic allusion and a sometime
toponym for places other than this sanctuary. Yet some references, especially ..."
3. Between Venice and Istanbul: Colonial Landscapes in Early Modern Greece by Siriol Davies, Jack L Davis (2007)
"... Presumably this local toponym arose as a result of a historical situation
involving kesim in some way, and the toponym might have referred either to the ..."
4. Public Organization in Ancient Greece: A Documentary Study by Nicholas F. Jones (1987)
"... and, equally obviously, Hundredths could at no time have been so few as
five.12 But "Dog's Tail" is popular as a toponym, especially in the Pelo- ..."
5. Studies of the Northern Campus Martius in Ancient Rome by Robert E. A. Palmer (1990)
"... are missing in a chain of evidence down to the Madonna del Parto. Flambard (above,
n. 109) reaches the conclusion that the late antique toponym in ..."
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