the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A name of a place.
n. a name, as in the binomial name of a plant, based on, or derived from, a place name, or based on the location of the thing named.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. In biology, a scientific name antedated by another name based on the same type.
n. In anatomy, a topical or topographical name; the technical designation of any region of an animal, as distinguished from any organ: correlated with organonym and some similar terms. See toponymy.
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n. the name by which a geographical place is known
Word Usage
"It is possible the toponym preexisted everything else, so we have Cyprus the place naming both the metal mined there and the tree grown there."