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    In linguistics, a "toponym" is a name or term derived from a place or region. Who can give me a toponym that means "highly complex," "intricate," or "labyrinthine"?

    Question #60083. Asked by lanfranco. (Oct 19 05 5:21 PM)


    TabbyTom

    		Byzantine.

    The word is derived from Byzantium (later known as Constantinople and Istanbul), the seat of the eastern Roman empire.

    It probably gets is meaning from the complex structure of the imperial administration or the tortuosity of its politics.

    Oct 19 05, 5:31 PM
    JoshCaleb12

    		Franco, you yourself just used a toponym... "labyrinthine" which is derived from the Labyrinth of the Minotaur myths.

    Oct 19 05, 5:53 PM
    lanfranco

    		TT, you are correct. Yay!

    Strictly speaking, Josh, a labyrinth, even the famed mythological example on Crete, is a thing, not a place. But I will admit that it is included on this list:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_toponyms

    Oct 19 05, 6:01 PM

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