hodonym

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A form of odonym — An identifying name given to a street; a street name.

OriginAncient Greek ὁδός →
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Meanings

nounhodonym (plural hodonyms)

plural hodonyms

  1. alternativeAlternative form of odonym.
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    Our study researches the role that hodonyms play in forming cultural and collective identity and awareness in the city of Chisinau (Kishinev), capital of Moldova, ex-Soviet Republic, during the period 1989 till present. […] The cases are opposite when the change of the hodonym does not lead to a change in semantics.

    2021 November 30, Anastasia Romanova, “Political Dynamics of Urban Hodonyms: A Case of Chisinau, Moldova”, in Urbana, archived from the original on 15 Apr 2025, pages 133, 137

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekὁδός“road”
  2. Englishhodonym

From Ancient Greek ὁδός (hodós, “road”) + ὄνυμα (ónuma, “name”), equivalent to hod- + -onym.

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APA

hodonym. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hodonym

MLA

“hodonym.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hodonym. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hodonym,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hodonym.

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