(thing) by ohe Sun Feb 20 2000 at 17:21:16
Words derived from place names.

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    (definition) by Webster 1913 Thu Jan 19 2006 at 7:38:10

    Top"o*nym (?), n.

    A name of a place; more broadly, a name, as in the binomial name of a plant, based on, or derived from, a place name, or based on the location of the thing named.

     

    © Webster 1913

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