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  Encyclopedia: Toponym
In anatomy, a toponym is a name of a region of the body, as distinguished from the name of an organ.
A human name is an anthroponym; a toponym is a place name; hydronym is a name of a body of water; an ethnonym is name of an ethnic group.
See List of toponyms In linguistics and grammar, a toponym is a name derived from a place or a region.
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 List of toponyms - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In linguistics and grammar, a toponym is a name derived from a place or a region.
This is a list of toponyms, followed by the name of the place it is derived from.
List of eponyms, names derived from people's names
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 Toponym - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
In linguistics and ethnology, a toponym is a name derived from a place or a region.
See List of popular local toponyms for a list of toponyms that are used as names for business, schools, etc. only in a particular locality.
In biology, a toponym is a binomial name of a plant.
www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Place_name   (254 words)

  
 Toponymy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Toponymy is the taxonomic study of toponyms (place-names), their origins and their meanings.
A toponym is a name of a locality, region, or some other part of Earth's surface or an artificial feature.
Thus, the toponym of Hellespont was explained by Greek poets as being named after Helle, daughter of Athamas, who drowned here as she crossed it with her brother Phrixus on a flying golden ram.
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 Encyclopedia: List of toponyms
This is a list of geography topics: Geography of countries Geography of Afghanistan Geography of Albania Geography of Algeria Geography of American Samoa Geography of Andorra Geography of Angola Geography of Anguilla Geography of Antarctica Geography of Antigua and Barbuda Geography of Argentina Geography of Armenia Geography of Aruba Geography...
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This is a list of lists of unofficial regions by country: List of regions of Australia List of regions of Canada List of regions in India List of regions in Japan List of regions of the United States and historic regions of the United States List of traditional regions of...
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 Read about Toponymy at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Toponymy and learn about Toponymy here!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Thus, the toponym of Hellespont was explained by Greek poets as being named after
Toponymists are sometimes used by governments in order to verify the accuracy of certain names as used by cartographers, the media, researchers, publishers, as well as input new names into databases and topographical maps.
List of toponyms (with names derived from a place or region)
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 Talk:List of toponyms - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For some entries on the list, there is source page which refers to the generalized usage, see for example Bantustan.
So List of toponyms means List of placenames.
The proper titlte should be List of toponym-derived words or List of toponym-derived words and phrases.
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 spulaha   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The list of these toponyms, even in the areas that nowadays are inhabited by Slavs, is being continuously expanded by scholars.
The Albanian toponyms of the fifteenth and sixteenth century are also found in the area of Kosova and the Plain of Dukagjini.
Considering this we can say that the early Slav toponyms of this area, which were spread during a number of the different stages of the early medieval period, reflect the historical contacts between the Albanians and Slavs, contacts which did happen a long time before the fifteenth century.
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 toponyms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The toponym listed in this section may be either the usual name of a...
toponyms, equivalent toponyms, and alternate toponyms), and unofficial toponyms...
Although called a list of "unidentified" toponyms, it would be more precise to call this a list of all the toponyms in the SAA corpus that are...
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 Casco Bay Assyriological Institute: Digital Map - Unidentified Toponyms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Although called a list of "unidentified" toponyms, it would be more precise to call this a list of all the toponyms in the SAA corpus that are, for one reason or another, not included in the Helsinki Atlas.
Excluded, however, are toponyms (principally in Egypt) that are identified but were left out of the Atlas for reasons of geographic coverage.
There are two complementary lists: the first sorts these toponyms by frequency (without references) and the second, sorted alphabetically, contains references (occurrences) and indications of frequency and type (the determinatives KUR "country/mountain", URU "town", LU2 "people" and ID2 "river/watercourse").
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 List of toponyms - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
List of toponyms - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about List of toponyms contains research on
List of toponyms, General, Events/Agreements, Food and Drink, Cheese, Elements, See also and Toponymy.
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 e-Keltoi: Volume 6, The Celts in the Iberian Peninsula -
Another example of toponymic continuity is provided by the name of the hillfort of San Cibrán de Las, where "Las" appears to be derived from the ancient name for the hillfort, Lansbricae, testified by an inscription found in situ.
Another significant toponym is Céltigos, corresponding to a small village in the council of Ortigueira, which features a large hillfort with twin defensive ramparts, occupied in the centuries directly before the Roman conquest.
There Queen Medb lists her own qualities and those of her husband and king of Ireland: "I was the most noble and distinguished of all [her sisters] (F1).
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 List of toponyms : Information and resources about List of toponyms : School Work Guru   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
List of toponyms : Information and resources about List of toponyms : School Work Guru
Here is a list of toponyms, names derived from a place or region.
Rugby (but Rugby shirt and Rugby ball are not considered toponyms)
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Secondly, the propaganda about the preparation of the lists of the emigrated who will be facing trial accused of committing crimes against the state in case they return, the threats of different Serbian political parties, are also obstacles which shouldn't be neglected.
It is also known that the change of toponyms was done in different ways: through adaptation, translation and even their total change.
This was a premeditated action, using the toponyms, to accomplish hegemony and aiming at assimilation.
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 List of reference tables - Observatory cosmic
This is a list of reference tables, similar to the collection of reference tables found at the back of almanacs, dictionaries and encyclopedias (or an index of them, if they're scattered throughout the work).
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 IBSS - Biblical Archaeology - Evidence of the Exodus from Egypt
A list of 104 Asiatic names were discovered which names places in the Negeb, Edom, the city of Dor, and some think Jericho (Horn 1953, 201-3).
This text is a list of the quantities of wine from the areas it was produced.
In the topographical list of Ramses III the city of Jacob-El is listed as well as the city of Levi-El (ANET 1969, 242-3).
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 List of toponyms - Internet-Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
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 Toponym - TheBestLinks.com - Toponyms, Anatomy, Biology, Body, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
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Toponyms, Toponym, Anatomy, Biology, Body, Cartography, English language...
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 greek.requirements.htm
A list of toponyms, dates to be mastered, and pronunciation of the alphabet will be provided in advance.
You may select a topic from that list or you may develop your own (you are encouraged to do the latter).
Each illustration should be numbered and accompanied by a caption and should include a credit (citation of the book or article from which it was taken), either in the caption or in a list at the end of the paper.
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89-101 of Thutmosis III's list of Asiatic toponyms (Geraty 1997: 273).
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 Project Web -- Status   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Based largely on the excellent list of links maintained by Peeter Päll at the site of the UNGEGN Working Group on Romanization Systems, the aim of this list is to target actual data sets.
List of publicly used bodies of water: List endorsed by the Estonian
List of toponyms in Luxembourgish, French and German, compiled by the Institut Grand-Ducal, Section de Linguistique, de Folklore et de Toponymie
www.zrc-sazu.si /ungegn/status.htm   (471 words)

  
 Town names combining 2 or more state names   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
I've now expanded the list to include toponyms from sources other than GNIS (but if you're looking for any of these places, please keep in mind: most of them are very small, unincorporated communities.
Most won't appear in a typical road atlas.) I've also listed a few unofficial names in local usage at the end of this page.
Below is a full alphabetical listing of these places, and following that I have them grouped by state.
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 GLOSSARY OF TOPONYMIC TERMINOLOGY
toponyms arranged in alphabetic or other sequential order, with an indication of their location and preferably including variant names, type of
Ordered list of toponyms, with or without additional data, serving as a guide to the source in which they appear.
Specialized list of terms relating to a particular field of study or interest, which may contain explanatory or descriptive information on the items listed.
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