Odonyms
2026-03-01
An odonym is the proper name given to a public thoroughfare such as a street, square or avenue.
The term comes from the Greek hodós (road) and ónoma (name).
An odonym usually consists of two parts: a generic term indicating the type of road (street, square, avenue…) and a specific term that identifies the proper name.
When that specific term refers to a date, it forms what in this project is called a chronoway, a street that commemorates a particular day of the calendar.
The French version of Wikipedia contains a particularly interesting section listing odonyms associated with specific dates.