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    to·pon·y·my
    [təˈpänəmē]
    noun
    toponymy (noun)
    1. the study of place names.
    Origin
    late 19th century: from Greek topos ‘place’ + onuma ‘name’.
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  3. toponymy, taxonomic study of place-names, based on etymological, historical, and geographical information. A place-name is a word or words used to indicate, denote, or identify a geographic locality such as a town, river, or mountain. Toponymy divides place-names into two broad categories: habitation names and feature names.
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    toponymy noun to·​pon·​y·​my tə-ˈpä-nə-mē tō- : the place-names of a region or language or especially the etymological study of them
    www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/toponymy
    Toponymy is the study of geographic place names, including natural places like mountains and rivers, and human places, like cities and countries. The word comes from the Greek topos for place and onoma for name.
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    The term toponymy comes from Ancient Greek: τόπος / tópos, 'place', and ὄνομα / onoma, 'name'. The Oxford English Dictionary records toponymy (meaning "place name") first appearing in English in 1876. Since then, toponym has come to replace the term place-name in professional discourse among geographers. See more

    Toponymy, toponymics, or toponomastics is the study of toponyms (proper names of places, also known as place names and geographic names), … See more

    Toponyms can be divided in two principal groups:
    • geonyms - proper names of all geographical features, … See more

    Place names provide the most useful geographical reference system in the world. Consistency and accuracy are essential in referring to a place to prevent confusion in … See more

    A geographic names board is an official body established by a government to decide on official names for geographical areas and features. See more

    1876
    The term toponymy (meaning "place name") first appearing in English.
    1954
    F. M. Powicke said of place-name study that it "uses, enriches and tests the discoveries of archaeology and history and the rules of the philologists."
    2002
    The United Nations Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names acknowledged that while common, the practice of naming geographical places after living persons (toponymic commemoration) could be problematic.
    2006
    An Anthropology of Names and Naming (2nd ed.) was published.
    2007
    Development of a Local Toponym System at the Mars Desert Research Station.
    2016
    W. F. H. Nicolaisen (1927–2016), folklorist, linguist, medievalist, passed away.
    2018
    Jan Paul Strid (1947–2018), Swedish toponymist, passed away.

    Probably the first toponymists were the storytellers and poets who explained the origin of specific place names as part of their tales; sometimes place-names served as the basis … See more

    In 2002, the United Nations Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names acknowledged that while common, the practice of naming geographical places after living persons … See more

    Marcel Aurousseau (1891–1983), Australian geographer, geologist, war hero, historian and translator
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