Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

urbanonym

/ɛɹˈbænoʊˌnɪm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ur-banonym
IPA: /ɛɹˈbænoʊˌnɪm/

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

From urban + -onym.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: urban

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ɛɹˈbænoʊˌnɪm/

Inflected Forms

urbanonyms (plural)

Derived Forms

urbanonymic urbanonymy

Questions

How do you pronounce urbanonym?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɛɹˈbænoʊˌnɪm/.
What does urbanonym mean?: The name of an urban element (street, square etc.) in towns and cities.
Where does urbanonym come from?: From urban + -onym.

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