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hodonymy

hodonymy noun: the naming of streets and roads.

Noun

hodonymy (uncountable)

  1. The naming of streets and roads.
    • The list given below concentrates mainly on published material dealing with road-names (hodonymy).1976, Raymond Chevallier, Roman roads, page 239
    • Peter Wahl and Evan Bogan treat in "Street-names in Lyngby-Taarbask municipality"" and "The street-names of Copenhagen — from Køkkedal to Ishøj and Dragør to Værløse'"' respectively some interesting sectors of the hodonymy of the metropolitan region.1995, Onoma - Volume 32, page 9

Origin of hodonymy

From hod- + -onymy or hodonym + -y.

Questions about hodonymy

What does hodonymy mean?
Hodonymy means the naming of streets and roads.
What part of speech is hodonymy?
Hodonymy is a noun.

Words near hodonymy in the dictionary

  1. hodometrical
  2. hodometry
  3. hodonym
  4. hodonymic
  5. hodonyms
  6. hodonymy
  7. hodophile
  8. hodophiles
  9. hodophilia
  10. hodophilic
  11. hodophobe

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