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anthroponym

anthroponym noun: the name of a person, especially a surname.

Noun

anthroponym (plural anthroponyms)

  1. The name of a person, especially a surname.
    • If an anthroponym associated with a denotatum contains all the information about it, the goal of the author of a street name who uses this anthroponym to create an urbanonym consists in foregrounding a certain layer of information about the primary denotatum, from which this name was taken for...(Can we date this quote?), Oksana Neher, Liudmyla Yursa, “THE CONCEPT OF MEMORY IN THE URBANONYMY OF UZHHOROD”, in ORBIS LINGUARUM, volume 20, number 2, →DOI, page 192

Forms of anthroponym

pluralanthroponyms

Origin of anthroponym

From anthrop- + -onym or anthropo- + -nym. First attested in 1955.

Questions about anthroponym

What does anthroponym mean?
Anthroponym means the name of a person, especially a surname.
What part of speech is anthroponym?
Anthroponym is a noun.
What is the plural of anthroponym?
The plural of anthroponym is anthroponyms.

Words near anthroponym in the dictionary

  1. anthroponomy
  2. anthroponoses
  3. anthroponosis
  4. anthroponotic
  5. anthroponotically
  6. anthroponym
  7. anthroponymic
  8. anthroponymous
  9. anthroponyms
  10. anthroponymy
  11. anthropopathetic

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