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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)
- tautonym (absolute synonym) of τοπωνύμιο n (toponýmio) [2][3]
- also
- [4] as synonym of τοπωνυμιολογία (toponymiología): the study of toponyms
- [4] collection of toponyms of one area
Declension
Declension of τοπωνυμία
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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τοπωνυμία (toponymía)
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τοπωνυμίες (toponymíes)
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| genitive
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τοπωνυμίας (toponymías)
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τοπωνυμιών (toponymión)
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| accusative
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τοπωνυμία (toponymía)
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τοπωνυμίες (toponymíes)
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| vocative
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τοπωνυμία (toponymía)
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τοπωνυμίες (toponymíes)
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References
- ^ 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. (In Katharevousa, Greek) Vols:1‑2. Athens: P. Dh. Sakellariou. @anemi, abbreviations (V).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 τοπωνύμιο, τοπωνυμία, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 τοπωνυμία - Babiniotis, Georgios (2002) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: [Dictionary of Modern Greek (language)] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias , 1st edition 1998, →ISBN.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 τοπωνυμία - Charalambakis, Chistoforos et al. (2014) Χρηστικό λεξικό της νεοελληνικής γλώσσας (Christiko lexiko tis Neoellhnikis Glossas) (in Greek) Athens: Academy of Athens. (online since 2023 - abbreviations - symbols)