placename
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See also: place-name and place name
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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
- 2012, Nick Thieberger, The Oxford Handbook of Linguistic Fieldwork (page 401)
Translations[edit]
the name of a place — See also translations at toponym
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