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      toponymy
      noun
      the branch of lexicology that studies the place names of a region or a language
      the nomenclature of regional anatomy
      Roots
      topostopo- · Greek · placeonomanym- · Greek · nameia-y · Greek · study of
      Words related to toponymy
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