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urbanonyms

urbanonyms is the plural of urbanonym.

Meaning of urbanonym

Noun

urbanonym (plural urbanonyms)

  1. The name of an urban element (street, square etc.) in towns and cities.
    • Due to the peculiar characteristics of their functioning, urbanonyms are instrumental in forming or transforming the historical memory of society. […] 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...(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, pages 191, 192

Questions about urbanonyms

What is urbanonyms the plural of?
Urbanonyms is the plural of urbanonym.

Words near urbanonyms in the dictionary

  1. urbanologist
  2. urbanologists
  3. urbanology
  4. urbanonym
  5. urbanonymic
  6. urbanonyms
  7. urbanonymy
  8. urbanophilic
  9. urbanscape
  10. urbanscapes
  11. Urbanski

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