A toponym is the name of a place. Boston, Australia, and Montreal are all toponyms. ... Words ending in nym are types of names, like an eponym is a name for a thing that came from a person's name. A toponym, therefore, is a name for a place.
Explanation:
Toponyms serve as symbols of regional culture and thus reflect the history, habitat and environment of a place. Toponymic studies examine the origin and development of an ethnic group, present the spatial patterns of a certain culture and reveal both man- made and physical environmental features of a region.
