toponomy

2 definitions found

toponomy - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Toponomy \To*pon"o*my\, n. [Gr. ? place + ? to distribute.]
     The designation of position and direction. --B. G. Wilder.
     [1913 Webster]

toponomy - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  toponomy
      n 1: the nomenclature of regional anatomy [syn: toponymy,
           toponomy]
      2: the branch of lexicology that studies the place names of a
         region or a language [syn: toponymy, toponomy]