specific sense, the term toponymy refers to an inventory of toponyms, while the discipline researching such names is referred to as toponymics or toponomastics. Toponymy is a branch of onomastics, the study of names of all kinds. A person who studies toponymy is called toponymist.

Etymology

The term toponymy comes from / tópos 'place' and ???u? / onoma 'name'. The Oxford English Dictionary records

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