"oronym" meaning in English

See oronym in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: oronyms [plural]
Etymology: From oro- + -onym. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|oro|onym}} oro- + -onym Head templates: {{en-noun}} oronym (plural oronyms)
  1. A word or phrase that sounds the same as another word or phrase.
    Sense id: en-oronym-en-noun-f71H9Iwm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with oro-, English terms suffixed with -nym, English terms suffixed with -onym, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 87 13 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with oro-: 74 26 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -nym: 88 12 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -onym: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 93 7
  2. The toponym of a mountain.
    Sense id: en-oronym-en-noun-J-I-ykWs
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: eggcorn, homophone, mondegreen

Inflected forms

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