凡是人类居住和活动的地域,绝大部分都有了各自的名称。这种地域、地方和地物的名称,就叫地名。地名与地理学、地图制图学、历史学、语言学和民族学等科学有着密切的关系。地理科学的研究和地理知识的普及是离不了地名的,而地图更是少不了地名,制图学可说是建立在地名的基础上的。可以毫不夸大地说,地名是地理知识中最基本,最重要的一个组成部分, Wherever human beings live and activity, most have their own names. This area, place and feature names, called place names. Place names and geography, cartography, history, linguistics and ethnology and other science has a close relationship. Geographical science research and the popularization of geographical knowledge is inseparable from the place name, and the map is ultimately indiscriminate names, Cartography can be said to be based on the name of the place. It is no exaggeration to say that place names are the most basic and important component of geographical knowledge,