Toponymy

Toponymy is the taxonomic study of place namess, 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.

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\n*Toponym\n*Placename etymology

• British toponymy\n**List of generic forms in British place names\n**List of British place names and their meanings\n*Roman place names\n**List of Roman place names in Britain\n*Historical African place names\n**Maghreb toponymy
• Latin names of European cities\n*Latin names of European rivers\n*List of English exonyms for German toponyms
• List of city nicknames\n*List of European cities with alternative names\n*List of country name etymologies\n*List of river name etymologies\n*List of subnational name etymologies
• List of political entities named after people\n*List of places named after peace\n*List of songs whose title includes geographical names
• List of toponyms (with names derived from a place or region)\n**Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée\n*List of interesting or unusual place names (on a lighter note)\n*Demonym\n**List of adjectival forms of place names\n**Wiktionary:countries and citizens\n*Wikipedia:Multiple-place names

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