placename

See also: place-name and place name

English

Alternative forms

• place-name
• place name

Etymology

From place +‎ name.

Pronunciation

• enPR: plās'nām
• IPA^(key): /ˈpleɪsːneɪm/

Noun

placename ‎(plural placenames)

1. The name of a place; a word or phrase which indicates a particular location or region.

   Often, the name of a nationality is derived from its placename, or vice versa.

Synonyms

• toponym, nomen loci

Translations

the name of a place

• Armenian: տեղանուն (hy) ‎(tełanun)
• Catalan: topònim m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 地名 (zh) ‎(dìmíng)

• Danish: stednavn (da) n
• Dutch: plaatsnaam (nl) c
• Estonian: kohanimi
• Faroese: staðarnavn n
• Finnish: paikannimi (fi)
• French: toponyme (fr) m
• German: Ortsname (de) m, Toponym (de) n
• Greek: τοπωνύμιο (el) n ‎(toponýmio), τοπωνυμία (el) f ‎(toponymía)
• Hungarian: helységnév (hu)

• Icelandic: örnefni (is) n, staðarheiti n
• Italian: toponimo (it) m
• Latin: nomen loci m
• Japanese: 地名 (ja) ‎(ちめい, chimei)
• Korean: 지명 (ko) ‎(jimyeong)
• Lithuanian: vietóvardis (lt), toponi̇̀mas
• Portuguese: topónimo (pt) m (Portugal), topônimo (pt) (Brazil)
• Romanian: toponim (ro) n
• Russian: топо́ним (ru) m ‎(topónim)
• Scottish Gaelic: ainm àite m
• Swedish: ortsnamn n
• Telugu: స్థలనామము ‎(sthalanāmamu)
• Turkish: yer adı (tr)
• Udmurt: интыним ‎(intynim)
• Vietnamese: địa danh
• Walloon: no d' plaece (wa) m