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urbanonymy

/ˌɛɹbəˈnɑnəmi/

urbanonymy noun: the naming of urban features.

Noun

urbanonymy (uncountable)

  1. The naming of urban features.
    • Therefore, analysing the notion of historical memory in urbanonymy requires a nuanced understanding of a wide stock of theoretical concepts which underpin this research.(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 191

Origin of urbanonymy

From urban + -onymy or urbanonym + -y.

Questions about urbanonymy

What does urbanonymy mean?
Urbanonymy means the naming of urban features.
What part of speech is urbanonymy?
Urbanonymy is a noun.
How do you pronounce urbanonymy?
Urbanonymy is pronounced /ˌɛɹbəˈnɑnəmi/ (US).

Words near urbanonymy in the dictionary

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

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