Toponymy

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



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