<![CDATA[This study analyzes and describes the language and toponymic categories used in naming customary villages. The research location is in 42 customary villages in Gianyar District, Gianyar Regency. The theory used for analysis is the toponymic typology theory from Blair and Tent (2021), which consists of 7 (seven) main elements with several sub-elements. The methods and techniques used in data collection were the observation method with participatory observation, note-taking, recording techniques, and the interview method with face-to-face interviews and interview prompting techniques. The data analysis method used in this study is qualitative descriptive. The stages of data analysis results use formal and informal methods supported by deductive and inductive techniques. The analysis results show that the language sources used are Balinese and Indonesian. There are two categories of toponymy found, namely 35 customary villages with a single category and 7 customary villages with a complex category. The single category found includes descriptive – topography with 2 instances, descriptive – functional with 3 instances, associative – environment with 5 instances. The incident – chance element has 14 instances, copied – location has 1 instance, eponym – famous figure is found in 3 instances. In the complex category, each element was found in 1 instance, which are descriptive functional and associative environment, incident chance and associative work or activity, incident chance and living entity, whereas descriptive locational and associative environment, incident chance and descriptive locational were found in 2 instances.]]>
