agronym

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek ᾰ̓γρός (ăgrós, “field, tilled land, farm”) + English -onym (“name”)[1]

Pronunciation

  • enPR: ăgʹrōnĭm, IPA(key): /ˈaɡɹəʊnɪm/

Noun

agronym (plural agronyms)

  1. (onomastics) Any proper name by which a field or other unit of agricultural land is known.[1]

Usage notes

  • Not to be confused with the far more common word acronym.

Translations

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Room, Adrian Richard West (1996) “agronym”, in An Alphabetical Guide to the Language of Name Studies, Lanham · London: The Scarecrow Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 4
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