| toponymy |
| Definition:
The study of place names. Note: It is also called toponomastics. |
| Etymology: The word derives from the Greek topos, place + onoma, name. |
| Oxford English Dictionary: Its first citation is from 1876: "The substitution of vague descriptions of dress and arms, and a vague toponomy, for the full and definite descriptions and precise toponomy of the primitive poems." (W. K. Sullivan in the Encyclopedia Brittanica, V. 306/2) |