凡是人类居住和活动的地域,绝大部分都有自己的名称,叫做地名。地名是人类社会出现后才产生的,随着社会的不断发展,地名也由少而多,由简而繁,其传播范围也由近而远,由小而大。随着国际交往的日趋频繁,地名在各国家、民族之间广泛转译。随着科学技术的迅速发展,现代人类活动范围已超出地球之外,月球、金星、火星和其他星体上出现了愈来愈多的新地名。地名是人们共同约定的一种语言代号,开始时只有音和义,文字产生后,地名便有 Wherever human beings live and live, most have their own name, called a place name. Place names are generated after the advent of human society. With the continuous development of society, there are fewer and more place names, which are simple and complex. The scope of their spread is also from small to large. With the increasing frequency of international exchanges, place names are widely translated among countries and ethnic groups. With the rapid development of science and technology, the scope of modern human activities has gone beyond the earth, and more and more new names have appeared on the moon, Venus, Mars and other stars. Place names are a kind of language codes commonly agreed upon by people, beginning with sound and meaning only. After the words are produced, the place names will have