and uses of odonymy in France. It is possible to distinguish several eras where we observe a similar typology of street names on French territory: At...
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Odonymy refers to the street or road naming conventions in the toponymy of the United Kingdom. Many towns (particularly in England) will refer to their...
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Street name (redirect from Odonymy)
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...
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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...
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Karl-Heine-Strasse (category Streets in Leipzig)
desire to defrancize street names (Allee is a German term borrowed from French). The section between Karl-Heine-Platz and Giesserstrasse is built on the...
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Boulevard de Strasbourg, Toulouse (category CS1 French-language sources (fr))
Boulevard de Strasbourg (in Occitan: baloard d'Estrasborg) is a public road in Toulouse, capital of the Occitania, in the South of France. It is located northeast...
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Montée Saint-Clair-Duport (category CS1 French-language sources (fr))
Montée Saint-Clair-Duport is a former street in the 5th arrondissement of Lyon, France, located between Quai Fulchiron and Rue de la Quarantaine near...
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Rue d'Alsace-Lorraine, Toulouse (category Roads in France)
d'Alsace-Lorraine (in Occitan: carrièra d'Alsacia-Lorena) is a road in Toulouse, capital of the Occitania, in the South of France. It is one of the main routes in Toulouse...
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Olivier Guimond (category CS1 Canadian French-language sources (fr-ca))
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...
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Courmes family (category Protestantism in France)
Corme, Cormesse in the feminine and Courme) is a French family. Their origins come from the ancient French bourgeoisie [fr], Grasse, in Lower Provence...
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Toponymy of England (redirect from Toponymy in England)
names Howe and Greenhow (both in North Yorkshire) reflect the Old Norse word haugr meaning a hill or mound. Odonymy in the United Kingdom English Place-Name...
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Valence, Drôme (category Prefectures in France)
one of the largest in France: the Armenian National Union is also based in Valence. This strong presence has passed into the odonymy: a street and a square...
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Montchat (category CS1 French-language sources (fr))
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...
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History of Lodi (category Histories of cities in Italy)
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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