placename

See also: place-name and place name

English Edit

From place +‎ name.

placename (plural placenames)

The name of a place; a word or phrase which indicates a particular location or region.
Synonyms: toponym, nomen loci, geographic name, geographical name
- 2012, Nick Thieberger, The Oxford Handbook of Linguistic Fieldwork, page 401:
  With a complex site, different site elements may not be terminologically distinguished, or else a generic term may be optionally added to the placename to distinguish a site element, such as a hill, well, or claypan at the location.

the name of a place — see also toponym

Armenian: տեղանուն (hy) (teġanun)
Bashkir: топоним (toponim), ер-һыу атамаһы (yer-hıw atamahı)
Bulgarian: географско наименование n (geografsko naimenovanie)
Catalan: topònim (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 地名 (zh) (dìmíng)
Danish: stednavn (da) n
Dutch: plaatsnaam (nl) c
Estonian: kohanimi
Faroese: staðarnavn n
Finnish: paikannimi (fi)
French: toponyme (fr) m
German: Ortsname (de) m, Toponym (de) n
Greek: τοπωνύμιο (el) n (toponýmio), τοπωνυμία (el) f (toponymía)
Hungarian: (in a narrow sense) helységnév (hu), helynév (hu), (in a broad sense) földrajzi név (hu)
Icelandic: örnefni (is) n, staðarheiti n
Inari Sami: sajenommâ
Irish: logainm m
Italian: toponimo (it) m
Japanese: 地名 (ja) (ちめい, chimei)
Korean: 지명 (ko) (jimyeong)
Latin: nomen loci m
Lithuanian: vietóvardis (lt), toponi̇̀mas
Malay: nama tempat
Maori: ingoa wāhi
Northern Sami: báikenamma
Portuguese: topónimo (pt) m (Portugal), topônimo (pt) (Brazil)
Romanian: toponim (ro) n
Russian: топо́ним (ru) m (topónim)
Scottish Gaelic: ainm àite m
Spanish: topónimo (es) m
Swedish: ortsnamn (sv) n, ortnamn (sv) n, toponym (sv) c
Telugu: స్థలనామము (sthalanāmamu)
Turkish: yer adı (tr)
Udmurt: интыним (intyńim)
Vietnamese: địa danh (vi)
Walloon: no d' plaece (wa) m
Welsh: enw lle m