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See also: Odonymy
This article deals with the conventions and uses of odonymy in France.
Odonymy refers to the street or road naming conventions in the toponymy of the United Kingdom. Studied by the English Place-Name Society. Many towns (particularly...
along the street to further help identify them. Odonymy is the study of road names. Names are often given in a two-part form: an individual name known as...
The culture of France has been shaped by geography, by historical events, and by foreign and internal forces and groups. France, and in particular Paris...
names Howe and Greenhow (both in North Yorkshire) reflect the Old Norse word haugr meaning a hill or mound. Odonymyin the United Kingdom English Place-Name...
The local Quebec odonymy recalls the actor in several places: Place Olivier-Guimond in Saint-Laurent (Montreal), rue Olivier-Guimond in Mont-Laurier, Pointe-Fortune...
Corme, Cormesse in the feminine and Courme) is a French family. Their origins come from the ancient French bourgeoisie [fr], Grasse, in Lower Provence...
to its deterioration". In 1990, Maurice Vanario, archivist for the City of Lyon, produced an odonymy of the streets of Lyon, in particular those of Montchat...
Other innovations involved the adoption of odonymy and the reorganization of local administrations: in this regard, Emperor Joseph II of Habsburg-Lorraine...
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