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hydronym

  • /ˈhʌɪdɹənɪm/ UK
  • /ˈhaɪdɹənɪm/ US

noun hydronyms

  1. The name of a river, lake, sea or any other body of water. Numerous hydronyms of Asia Minor, attested in the historical Anatolian languages and going back to Proto-Anatolian, can be compared to the Indo-European derivational type of hydronyms in *-ntʰ-. […] Another hydronym of Proto-Anatolian origin and having wide Indo-European connections is Alda, a river

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noun name of a body of water

Españolhidrónimo
Portuguêshidrónimo, hidrônimo
Françaishydronyme
DeutschGewässername, Hydronym
Italianoidronimo
Ελληνικάυδρωνύμιο ydronýmio
Românăhidronim
Русскийгидро́ним gidrónim

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@misc{hydronym_2026,
  title = {hydronym},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hydronym},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}