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地名志或地名研究(Toponymy)属于历史语言学范畴。美国内务部曾汇集了一批能干的话言学家,成立了专门机构,其任务是对美国的地名来源进行研究,给以
Toponymy belongs to the category of historical linguistics. The U.S. Department of the Interior has brought together a group of capable speakers and set up specialized agencies whose mission is to study the source of geographical names in the United States.