Urbanonymy

//ˌɛɹbəˈnɑnəmi// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The naming of urban features. uncountable

    "Therefore, analysing the notion of historical memory in urbanonymy requires a nuanced understanding of a wide stock of theoretical concepts which underpin this research."

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"Therefore, analysing the notion of historical memory in urbanonymy requires a nuanced understanding of a wide stock of theoretical concepts which underpin this research."

Etymology

From urban + -onymy or urbanonym + -y.

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