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Choronym (from Gr****: χώρα "region" or "country" and Gr****: ὄνομα "name") is a
linguistic term that
designates a
proper name of an
individual region or...
- traits, such as Shakespeare's
Pistol or
Bottom (compare with "aptronym")
choronym: a
proper name of a
region or a country. chrematonym: a
proper name of...
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Toponym Body of
water Hydronym Mountain or hill
Oronym Region or
country Choronym Any
inhabited locality Econym Village Comonym Town or city
Astionym Cosmic...
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alphabetical order:
agronyms -
proper names of
fields and plains.
choronyms -
proper names of
regions or countries.
dromonyms -
proper names of roads...
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phrases that are
pronounced similarly due to
various homophonic effects Choronym This
disambiguation page
lists articles ****ociated with the
title Oronym...
- or when the
surname of
Christopher Columbus was used to
create several choronyms (region names),
including names for
Southamerican state of Colombia, and...
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developed into a
literary language,
known as
Edessan Aramaic (Urhaya). The
choronym of the name Aram
refers to the
geographical region in
which they lived...
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regional connotations, term
Nahraya was also used. It was
derived from
choronym (regional name) Bet-Nahrain, an
Aramaic name for
Mesopotamia in general...
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History of Tang. To
differentiate between different surnames, the Tang also
choronyms before stating beforehand, for
example Lǒngxī Lǐshì 隴西李氏,
meaning Li of...
- by the 9th century, when the
genealogical section of
epitaphs excluded choronyms (combination of clan and
place names) in
favor of
office titles. For the...
