Toponymy

Toponymy is the taxonomic study of place names, their origins and their meanings. The word is derived from the Greek topos, place, and ounouma, name. It is itself a branch of onomastics, the study of names of all kinds.

Related articles

• Toponym
• Placename etymology

• British toponymy
  • Etymological list of counties of the United Kingdom
  • List of generic forms in British place names
  • List of British place names and their meanings
• Roman place names
  • List of Roman place names in Britain
• Historical African place names
  • Maghreb toponymy

• Latin names of European cities
• Latin names of European rivers
• List of English exonyms for German toponyms

• List of city nicknames
• List of European cities with alternative names
• List of country name etymologies
• List of river name etymologies
• List of subnational name etymologies

• List of political entities named after people
• List of places named after peace
• List of songs whose title includes geographical names

• List of toponyms (with names derived from a place or region)
  • Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée
• List of interesting or unusual place names (on a lighter note)
• List of place names with unexpected pronunciation
• Demonym
  • List of adjectival forms of place names

fr:Toponymie pl:Toponimia sl:toponomastika

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from Wikipedia article. Browse Wikipedia for more information.