Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun toponymy
2 senses of toponymy
Sense 1
toponymy, toponomy -- (the nomenclature of regional anatomy)
=> terminology, nomenclature, language -- (a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline; "legal terminology"; "biological nomenclature"; "the language of sociology")
Sense 2
toponymy, toponomy -- (the branch of lexicology that studies the place names of a region or a language)
=> lexicology -- (the branch of linguistics that studies the lexical component of language)