toponymy

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toponymy - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Toponymy \To*pon"y*my\, n.
     A system of toponyms; the use of toponyms. -- To*pon"y*mal,
     Top`o*nym"ic, Top`o*nym"ic*al, a.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

toponymy - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  toponymy
      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]