Hydronym

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title: Hydronym
text: A hydronym is a type of toponym that designates a proper name of a body of water. Hydronyms include the proper names of rivers and streams, lakes and ponds, swamps and marshes, seas and oceans. As a subset of toponymy, a distinctive discipline of hydronymy studies the proper names of all bodies of water, the origins and meanings of those names, and their development and transmission through history.
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description: Proper name of a body of water
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydronym
date created: 2005-08-08T23:45:38Z
date modified: 2024-09-04T00:34:25Z
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