toponym

2 definitions found

toponym - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Toponym \Top"o*nym\, n.
     1. A name of a place.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     2. 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.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

toponym - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  toponym
      n 1: the name by which a geographical place is known [syn:
           place name, toponym]