toponymy

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toponymy

Summary

toponymy is a field of study[1]. toponymy draws 437 Wikipedia views per month (field_of_study category, ranking #52 of 379).[2]

Key Facts

  • toponymy's image is recorded as Col de Port.jpg[3].
  • toponymy's instance of is recorded as field of study[4].
  • toponymy's GND ID is recorded as 4172891-9[5].
  • toponymy's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85136092[6].
  • toponymy's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 119750909[7].
  • toponymy's subclass of is recorded as onomastics[8].
  • toponymy's Commons category is recorded as Toponymy[9].
  • toponymy's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 17025[10].
  • toponymy's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/012ctt[11].
  • toponymy's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph116464[12].
  • toponymy's HDS ID is recorded as 007855[13].
  • toponymy's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Toponymy[14].
  • toponymy's LEM ID is recorded as LEM201008868[15].
  • toponymy's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300054272[16].
  • toponymy's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 910.014[17].
  • toponymy's Library of Congress Classification is recorded as G100.5[18].
  • toponymy's U.S. National Archives Identifier is recorded as 10644097[19].
  • toponymy's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 509401[20].
  • toponymy's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0146854[21].
  • toponymy's described by source is recorded as Nordisk familjebok[22].
  • toponymy's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 11[23].
  • toponymy's National Library of Latvia ID is recorded as 000332111[24].
  • toponymy's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/toponymy[25].
  • toponymy's BBC Things ID is recorded as c5f3b21f-9d4f-4871-b2c2-13b34cfc1d93[26].
  • toponymy's Great Aragonese Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 12223[27].

Why It Matters

toponymy draws 437 Wikipedia views per month (field_of_study category, ranking #52 of 379).[2] toponymy has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] toponymy is known by 58 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Library of Congress Subject Headings. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . RAMEAU. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Library of Congress Subject Headings. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17d ago · HelloImSteven · 2026-05-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P527]]: [[Q15635924]]"
  2. 17d ago · HelloImSteven · 2026-05-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source Nordisk familjebok, Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 11
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1343]]: [[Q139694513]]"
  3. 17d ago · HelloImSteven · 2026-05-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P527]]: [[Q15635924]]"
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