"hydronym" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈhʌɪdɹənɪm/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈhaɪdɹənɪm/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hydronym.wav [Southern-England] Forms: hydronyms [plural]
Etymology: hydro- + -onym. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|hydro|onym}} hydro- + -onym Head templates: {{en-noun}} hydronym (plural hydronyms)
  1. (onomastics) The name of a river, lake, sea or any other body of water. Categories (topical): Onomastics, Water Derived forms: hydronymy Translations (name of a body of water): ջրանուն (ǰranun) (Armenian), douranav [masculine] (Breton), hidrònim (Catalan), hydronymum [neuter] (Czech), vand-navn (Danish), hydroniem (Dutch), veekogunimi (Estonian), hüdronüüm (Estonian), vesistönimi (Finnish), hydronyymi (Finnish), hydronyme [masculine] (French), hidrónimo [masculine] (Galician), Gewässername [masculine] (German), Hydronym [neuter] (German), υδρόνυμο (ydrónymo) [neuter] (Greek), víznév (Hungarian), hidronima (Hungarian), idronomo [masculine] (Italian), vandénvardis (Lithuanian), hidroni̇̀mas (Lithuanian), idronim (Occitan), hydronim [masculine] (Polish), hidrónimo [Portugal, masculine] (Portuguese), hidrônimo [Brazil, masculine] (Portuguese), hidronim [neuter] (Romanian), гидро́ним (gidrónim) (Russian), hidrónimo (Spanish), hydronym (Swedish)

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      "roman": "gidrónim",
      "sense": "name of a body of water",
      "word": "гидро́ним"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "name of a body of water",
      "word": "hidrónimo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "name of a body of water",
      "word": "hydronym"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hydronym"
}
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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: onomastics",
  "path": [
    "hydronym"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "hydronym",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: onomastics",
  "path": [
    "hydronym"
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  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
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  "trace": ""
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