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odonym

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
odonym
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An identifying name given to a street; a street name.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὁδός (hodós, “road”) + ὄνυμα (ónuma, “name”), equivalent to odo- + -onym. Compare French odonyme and Italian odonimo.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

odonyms (plural) hodonym (alternative)

Questions

What does odonym mean?
An identifying name given to a street; a street name.
Where does odonym come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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