English [ edit ] Alternative forms [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] From place name
Pronunciation [ edit ] placename (plural placenames
The name of a place ; a word or phrase which indicates a particular location or region .
2012 , Nick Thieberger, The Oxford Handbook of Linguistic Fieldwork , page 401:With a complex site, different site elements may not be terminologically distinguished, or else a generic term may be optionally added to the placename to distinguish a site element, such as a hill, well, or claypan at the location.
Synonyms: toponym nomen loci geographic name geographical name Translations [ edit ]
the name of a place
— See also translations at toponym
Armenian: տեղանուն (hy) ( tełanun )
Bashkir: топоним ( toponim ) , ер-һыу атамаһы ( yer-hıw atamahı )
Bulgarian: географско наименование n ( geografsko naimenovanie )
Catalan: topònim (ca) 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: ( in a narrow sense ) helységnév (hu) , helynév (hu) , ( in a broad sense ) földrajzi név (hu)
Icelandic: örnefni (is) n staðarheiti n
Inari Sami: sajenommâ
Irish: logainm m
Italian: toponimo (it) m
Japanese: 地名 (ja) ( ちめい, chimei )
Korean: 지명 (ko) ( jimyeong )
Latin: nomen loci m
Lithuanian: vietóvardis (lt) , toponi̇̀mas
Malay: nama tempat
Maori: ingoa wāhi
Northern Sami: báikenamma
Portuguese: topónimo (pt) m ( Portugal ) , topônimo (pt) ( Brazil )
Romanian: toponim (ro) n
Russian: топо́ним (ru) m ( topónim )
Scottish Gaelic: ainm àite m
Spanish: topónimo (es) m
Swedish: ortsnamn (sv) n ortnamn (sv) n toponym (sv) c
Telugu: స్థలనామము ( sthalanāmamu )
Turkish: yer adı (tr)
Udmurt: интыним ( intyńim )
Vietnamese: địa danh (vi)
Walloon: no d' plaece (wa) m
Welsh: enw lle m