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topoˈnymic, a. and n.
[f. toponymy + -ic.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to toponymy.
1891in Cent. Dict. 1896Nat. Geog. Mag. (U.S.) VII. 222 We miss in the works of a government board of names all evidence of acquaintance with toponymic literature.
B. n.
1. See quot. 1906: cf. patronymic.
1906Cornish N. & Q. 142 Toponymics, i.e. personal names derived from the place where a particular ancestor lived.
2. A descriptive place-name, usu. derived from some topographical feature of the place.
1933Times Lit. Suppl. 20 Apr. 280/2 With a few..exceptions..all Sussex place-names..ought to be explained as toponymics, i.e., as containing descriptive words. 1956A. H. Smith Eng. Place-Name Elements i. 6 Village names which were originally toponymics. 1957H. H. Jenkins Diction of ‘Yank’ (Univ. Florida thesis) v. 45 Some of the GI's toponymics are banal and unimaginative; others are witty and colorful. 1977Word 1972 XXVIII. 117 (heading) Celtic toponymics in Scotland. |