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hydronym

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhʌɪdɹənɪm/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈhaɪdɹənɪm/

1

noun

Meaning 1

The name of a river, lake, sea or any other body of water.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: toponym

History

Etymology

From hydro- + -onym.

Across languages

Translations

36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: ջրանուն (ǰranun) — name of a body of water
  • Belarusian: гiдронiм (hidrónim) — name of a body of water
  • Breton: douranav — name of a body of water
  • Catalan: hidrònim — name of a body of water
  • Czech: hydronymum — name of a body of water
  • Danish: hydronym — name of a body of water
  • Dutch: hydroniem — name of a body of water
  • Estonian: veekogunimi — name of a body of water
  • Estonian: hüdronüüm — name of a body of water
  • Estonian: vetenimi — name of a body of water
  • Finnish: vesistönimi — name of a body of water
  • Finnish: hydronyymi — name of a body of water
  • French: hydronyme — name of a body of water
  • Galician: hidrónimo — name of a body of water
  • German: Gewässername — name of a body of water
  • German: Hydronym — name of a body of water
  • Greek: υδρωνύμιο (ydronýmio) — name of a body of water
  • Hungarian: víznév — name of a body of water
  • Hungarian: hidronima — name of a body of water
  • Italian: idronomo — name of a body of water
  • Italian: idronimo — name of a body of water
  • Lithuanian: vandénvardis — name of a body of water
  • Lithuanian: hidroni̇̀mas — name of a body of water
  • Macedonian: хидроним (hidronim) — name of a body of water
  • Occitan: idronim — name of a body of water
  • Polish: hydronim — name of a body of water
  • Portuguese: hidrónimo — name of a body of water
  • Portuguese: hidrônimo — name of a body of water
  • Romanian: hidronim — name of a body of water
  • Russian: гидро́ним (gidrónim) — name of a body of water
  • Serbo-Croatian: hidronim — name of a body of water
  • Slovak: hydronymum — name of a body of water
  • Slovene: hidronim — name of a body of water
  • Spanish: hidrónimo — name of a body of water
  • Swedish: hydronym — name of a body of water
  • Ukrainian: гiдронiм (hidronim) — name of a body of water