Geography
Subject:
Human Geography [1]
Tags:
Toponymy: DEFINITION: Classification of Place Names: Provide a definition and example for each one. Descriptive: Toponym that derives from physical features Associative: toponym- Example- mill river (mill on the river) Incident: Ex battle creek (toponym) Possessive: named for a person, perhaps founder Commemorative: commemorating someone well known (washington dc) Commendatory: praising names like ones that lured pioneers to the american west (pleasant valley) Folk-Etymology: a false meaning extracted from a name based on its structure when being named Manufactured: names that are made up like tesnus(sunset spelled backwards) Mistake: historical errors in identification when naming (west indies) Shift