hydronym

/ˈhʌɪdɹənɪm/

Etymology

From hydro- + -onym.

hydronym means the name of a river, lake, sea or any other body of water. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

noun

The name of a river, lake, sea or any other body of water.“Numerous hydronyms of Asia Minor, attested in the historical Anatolian languages and going back to Proto-Anatolian, can be compared to the Indo-European derivational type of hydronyms in *-ntʰ-. […] Another hydronym of Proto-Anatolian origin and having wide Indo-European connections is Alda, a river in Asia Minor […]”