toponym

a designation of the place (locality), such as Germany (a region), Eggerton (a farm); in contrast to a domain name the t. is geographical rather than also jurisdictional in nature; especially in Norway, but also in other parts of Scandinavia (and Germany) farmers may use the name of the farm or estate they were born on as a surname, cf. farm name; the t. is found as a locality name, the topic of Chapter 2, §2