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TOPONYM: Dictionary Entry and Meaning

Pronunciation:  'tâpunim

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WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  the name by which a geographical place is known
 
 Synonyms: place name
 
 See Also: name

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Top"o*nym\, n.
A name of a place; more broadly, 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.
 

 

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