Hodonymy
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Hodonymy is a noun meaning The naming of streets and roads.
Meaning
The naming of streets and roads.
Example Sentences
The list given below concentrates mainly on published material dealing with road-names (hodonymy).
The branch of onomastic science that studies the names of streets and roads is hodonymy. Because street names appear on detailed maps, they are rightfully a sub-division of geographic names.
The second period of street-naming in the history of Moldova is connected with the Soviet period. In 1940, as a result of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, Bessarabia became part of the Soviet Union. Sovietization also affects hodonymy.
Peter Wahl and Evan Bogan treat in "Street-names in Lyngby-Taarbask municipality"" and "The street-names of Copenhagen — from Køkkedal to Ishøj and Dragør to Værløse'"' respectively some interesting sectors of the hodonymy of the metropolitan region.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hydronymy, horonym, hydronym, hodometry, hodening, hagiotoponym.
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