τοπωνυμία

See also: τοπωνύμια

Greek

Etymology

Already attested in 1874[1] in analogy to επωνυμία f (eponymía).[2] Compound of τοπ- (τόπος) (top- (tópos), “place”) +‎ -ωνυμία (-onymía, “-onym”).[3]
According to Charalambakis, also the sense "toponymy", as a learned borrowing from English toponymy or French toponymie.[4]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /to.po.niˈmi.a/ - compare to τοπωνύμια n (toponýmia) (plural)
  • Hyphenation: το‧πω‧νυ‧μί‧α

Noun

τοπωνυμία • (toponymía) n (plural τοπωνυμίες)

  1. tautonym (absolute synonym) of τοπωνύμιο n (toponýmio) [2][3]
  2. also
    1. [4] as synonym of τοπωνυμιολογία (toponymiología): the study of toponyms
    2. [4] collection of toponyms of one area

Declension
declension of τοπωνυμία
case     \     number singular plural
nominative τοπωνυμία • τοπωνυμίες •
genitive τοπωνυμίας • τοπωνυμιών •
accusative τοπωνυμία • τοπωνυμίες •
vocative τοπωνυμία • τοπωνυμίες •

References
  1. Attested (1874) in the Katharevousa plural "τοπωνυμίαι" p.1001, vol.2 - Koumanoudis, Stefanos Αth. (1900) Συναγωγὴ νέων λέξεων ὑπὸ τῶν λογίων πλασθεισῶν ἀπὸ τῆς Ἀλώσεως μέχρι τῶν καθ’ ἡμᾶς χρόνων. Sunagōgḕ néōn léxeōn hupò tôn logíōn plastheisôn apò tês Alṓseōs mékhri tôn kath’ hēmâs khrónōn. [A collection of new words created by scholars from the fall of Constantinople until our times.] (In Katharevousa, Greek) Vols:1‑2. Athens: P. Dh. Sakellariou. @anemi, abbreviations (V).
  2. τοπωνύμιο, τοπωνυμία - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
  3. τοπωνυμία - Babiniotis, Georgios (2002) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: […] [Dictionary of Modern Greek (language)] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias [Lexicology Centre], 1st edition 1998, →ISBN.
  4. τοπωνυμία - Charalambakis, Chistoforos et al. (2014) Χρηστικό λεξικό της νεοελληνικής γλώσσας (Christiko lexiko tis Neoellhnikis Glossas) [A Practical dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek) Athens: Academy of Athens. (online since 2023 - abbreviations - symbols)
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