placename

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈpleɪsːneɪm/

Noun

placename (plural placenames)

1. The name of a place; a word or phrase which indicates a particular location or region.
   • 2012, Nick Thieberger, The Oxford Handbook of Linguistic Fieldwork (page 401)

     With a complex site, different site elements may not be terminologically distinguished, or else a generic term may be optionally added to the placename to distinguish a site element, such as a hill, well, or claypan at the location.

Synonyms

• toponym, nomen loci

Translations

• French: toponyme
• German: Ortsname, Toponym
• Italian: toponimo
• Portuguese: topónimo (Portugal), topônimo (Brazil)
• Russian: топо́ним
• Spanish: topónimo

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