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Toponym is a synonym for place name. A place name is the name of a geographical place.
A toponym is a name of a geographical place or a name derived from a name of a place.
I don’t seem to understand this. If you can see, the place name is the name of geographical place. The toponym is a name of geographical place or a name derived from a name of the place. Don’t they mean same? Place name and name of geographical place. Do they have the same meaning or different meaning?
Yes, of course place name and name of geographical place mean the same. These are just two different ways of explaining the word toponym.
A name derived from the name of a place refers to, for instance, a family surname which is also the name of a village.
