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hodonym

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English

Etymology

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

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Noun

hodonym (plural hodonyms)

  1. Alternative form of odonym.
    • 2021 November 30, Anastasia Romanova, “Political Dynamics of Urban Hodonyms: A Case of Chisinau, Moldova”, in Urbana, pages 133, 137:
      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.

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