Toponymic typology 01

Choronym: a type of toponym representing the name of a region, territory, wilderness or a desert.
Example: Sahara, Siberia.
Oronym: a name of a hill, mountain, or mountain-range.
Example: Rushmore, Zagros.
Hydronym: a name of river, lake, or other body of water.
Example: Danube.
Oikonym or (Latinized) oeconym: a name of  a building or structure.
Example: Newcastle.
Hodonym: a name of a street or road (also odonym).
Example: Zubaydah Trail.
Eponym: a place name that derives from a real or legendary person; a name for a real or hypothetical person from whom a place name is derived.
Example: Alexandria.
Zoonym: a name of an animal.
Example: Falcon (Mississippi), Buffalo (NY).
Astronym: a name of a star (or more loosely of a constellation or other heavenly body)
Example: Jericho (moon).
Ethnonym: a name of an ethnic group, tribe or people.
Example: Batavia, Sudan.
Theonym: a name of a god.
Example: Athens.
Geonym: a name of a geographic feature.
Example: Montenegro.

Types of Toponyms