Meanings
nounhagiotoponym (plural hagiotoponyms)
plural hagiotoponyms
- rareThe name of a place that is dedicated to a particular saint
From the fourteenth century onward, the successively smaller administrative subdivisions (pictagia, neighborhoods, contained vicinia) of cities like Lecce and Nardò were uniformly hagiotoponyms named after neighborhood churches.
2014, Linda Safran, The Medieval Salento: Art and Identity in Southern Italy, page 32
Translations
Catalan hagiotopònim
- hagiotopònimTranslations
French hagiotoponyme
- hagiotoponymeTranslations
Italian agiotoponimo
- agiotoponimoTranslations
Portuguese hagiotopónimo, hagiotopônimo
- hagiotopónimoTranslations
- hagiotopônimoTranslations
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Chicago
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