urbanonym

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US/ɛɹˈbænoʊˌnɪm/

noun

The name of an urban element (street, square etc.) in towns and cities.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

nounurbanonym (plural urbanonyms)

plural urbanonyms

  1. The name of an urban element (street, square etc.) in towns and cities.
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    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 anthroponym to create an urbanonym consists in foregrounding a certain layer of information about the primary denotatum, from which this name was taken for secondary use.

    (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

Origin

Translations

Czech urbanonymum
  • urbanonymumTranslations
Russian урбаноним
  • урбаноним (urbanonim)Translations
Slovak urbanonymum
  • urbanonymumTranslations
Cite this entry
APA

urbanonym. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/urbanonym

MLA

“urbanonym.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/urbanonym. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “urbanonym,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/urbanonym.

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