topónimo

See also: toponimo and topônimo

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• topônimo (Brazil)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tuˈpɔ.ni.mu/

• Hyphenation: to‧pó‧ni‧mo

Noun

topónimo m (plural topónimos) (European Portuguese spelling)

1. toponym; placename (the name of a place)

Further reading

• “topónimo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τόπος (tópos) +‎ -ónimo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toˈponimo/ [t̪oˈpo.ni.mo]
• Rhymes: -onimo
• Syllabification: to‧pó‧ni‧mo

Noun

topónimo m (plural topónimos)

1. placename

Further reading

• “topónimo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025