place-namingn.

Brit.

/ˈpleɪsneɪmɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈpleɪsˌneɪmɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: place n.¹, naming n.

Etymology: < place n.¹ + naming n.

The action of naming a place.

ΚΠ

1891 Atlantic Monthly June 819/2 A certain amount of place-naming must be taught, but let the teacher give the right emphasis to his lists.

1925 Times 29 May 13/7 A Nationalist editor who had..alleged that the Ullstein world atlas showed traces of enemy influence in the system of place-naming adopted for its maps of Czechoslovakia.

1980 Verbatim Autumn 3/1 Then the initial process of place-naming may begin all over with the definite article: ‘They live in the East End’.

2004 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 22 Feb. v. 17/1 In what surely was among the most inspired moments of place-naming in American history, Gen. Henry D. Washburn and his exploring party of 1870 had named this great geyser [sc. Old Faithful] while camped near its base.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	place-naming
释义	place-namingn. Brit. /ˈpleɪsneɪmɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpleɪsˌneɪmɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: place n.¹, naming n. Etymology: < place n.¹ + naming n. The action of naming a place. ΚΠ 1891 Atlantic Monthly June 819/2 A certain amount of place-naming must be taught, but let the teacher give the right emphasis to his lists. 1925 Times 29 May 13/7 A Nationalist editor who had..alleged that the Ullstein world atlas showed traces of enemy influence in the system of place-naming adopted for its maps of Czechoslovakia. 1980 Verbatim Autumn 3/1 Then the initial process of place-naming may begin all over with the definite article: ‘They live in the East End’. 2004 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 22 Feb. v. 17/1 In what surely was among the most inspired moments of place-naming in American history, Gen. Henry D. Washburn and his exploring party of 1870 had named this great geyser [sc. Old Faithful] while camped near its base. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1891
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