It seems more convincing to derive the toponym from economic activity than shaving fashions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ulster etymology] Reference

I can not find a toponym related and the only entries on Lasphrise belong to Marc de Papillon.    From Wordnik.com.  [languagehat.com: POEME EN LANGUE INCONNUE.] Reference

The Indus Valley Civilization has been tentatively identified with the toponym Meluhha known from Sumerian records.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-05-01] Reference

Portobello is a popular toponym that predates the 1980s, but I can't find out how it came to be applied to the mushroom.    From Wordnik.com.  [languagehat.com: PORTOBELLO.] Reference

I am fascinated by Aegean substratum languages and there is a toponym: Lachish is the Southern Levant that is pre-Semitic.    From Wordnik.com.  [An online Etruscan Dictionary has arrived] Reference

Royjking2: "I am fascinated by Aegean substratum languages and there is a toponym: Lachish is the Southern Levant that is pre-Semitic.".    From Wordnik.com.  [An online Etruscan Dictionary has arrived] Reference

Do you happen to know if Cartagena came to be Cartagena through an Arabic intermediary toponym - like Caesaraugusta Saraqusta Zaragoza?.    From Wordnik.com.  [languagehat.com: QUIZ.] Reference

Setting out a grid of 50 by 50 m sectors was quite easy since the area is very flat (hence the toponym "flat hill") and vegetation is sparse.    From Wordnik.com.  [Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Survey Report 7] Reference

It is possible the toponym preexisted everything else, so we have Cyprus the place naming both the metal mined there and the tree grown there.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » The Name of What Country] Reference

That evening they drove me to Lyttelton, a potent toponym in the history of Antarctic exploration and the last stop for most voyages early in the century.    From Wordnik.com.  [Terra Incognita]

One of the adult slave women and all of the farm's nine slave children were born at the Cape, their toponym "of the Cape" an embodiment of their creole status.    From Wordnik.com.  [Belongings: Property, Family, and Identity in Colonial South Africa] Reference

One interesting question is when the toponym Turkey, or any of its variants, was first used for the general geographical area where the country of Turkey is now located.    From Wordnik.com.  [A travayle thorghe Turkye] Reference

Historically, the territory comprising Iraq was known in Europe by the Greek toponym.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to Tourism revenues up 28% in first half - report] Reference

Eoferwic was evidently a folk etymology of sorts, reinterpreting the earlier toponym.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Big Apple] Reference

I haven't managed to find this toponym anywhere near the birthplace of either of them, though.    From Wordnik.com.  [the-inbetween.com] Reference

It is important to understand the landscape of Neelaava'nai to grasp the etymology of its toponym.    From Wordnik.com.  [TamilNet Newswire] Reference

The curator of a toponym zoo could show us a curassow (of Curacao), leghorn (of Leghorn, Italy), spaniel.    From Wordnik.com.  [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol X No 4] Reference

A toponym demonstrates that American political rhetoric has not changed much since the early days of the republic.    From Wordnik.com.  [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol X No 4] Reference

Historically, the territory comprising Iraq was known in Europe by the Greek toponym 'Mesopotamia' (Land between the rivers).    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to Tourism revenues up 28% in first half - report] Reference

Wikipedians suggest that Nome could actually have been named after a similar Scandinavian toponym, but I don't know how plausible that is.    From Wordnik.com.  [the-inbetween.com] Reference

Peach, coming from the Latin mālus persica ` Persian apple, 'cannot, of course, be described as originating in Persia, but is still an interesting toponym.    From Wordnik.com.  [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XI No 3] Reference

Crete), or a macédoine ` a mixture of fresh cut fruit or vegetables in jelly '(a French metaphoric toponym, the population of Macedonia being a mixture of various peoples).    From Wordnik.com.  [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol X No 4] Reference

Curve (occurs as noun in the toponym).    From Wordnik.com.  [TamilNet Newswire] Reference

The chemical element toponym champion is Ytterby.    From Wordnik.com.  [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol X No 4] Reference

Aegean, etymology, greek, hattic, hittite, language, linguistics, minoan, toponym.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2010-09-01] Reference

Aegean, etymology, greek, hattic, hittite, language, linguistics, minoan, toponym comments.    From Wordnik.com.  [A new post on Pre-Greek place-names] Reference