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Oronym (toponymy) Toponymy, toponymics, or toponomastics is the study of '' toponyms'' (proper names of places, also known as place names and geographic names), including their origins, meanings, usage, and types. ''Toponym'' is the general term for a proper nam ...
, a type of toponym, designating a proper name of a mountain or hill *
Same-sounding phrases A homophone () is a word that is Pronunciation, pronounced the same as another word but differs in meaning or in spelling. The two words may be Spelling, spelled the same, for example ''rose'' (flower) and ''rose'' (past tense of "rise"), or ...
, phrases that are pronounced similarly due to various homophonic effects


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Choronym Choronym (from 'region' or 'country' and 'name') is a linguistic term that designates a proper name of an individual region or a country. The study of regional and country names is known as choronymy, or choronymics. Since choronyms are a subcla ...
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