Pars pro toto (Latin for 'a part (taken) for the whole'; /ˌpɑːrz proʊ ˈtoʊtoʊ/; Latin: [ˈpars proː ˈtoːtoː]), is a figure of speech where the name of a... 9 KB (1,052 words) - 03:17, 4 March 2024 |
Some of these became so powerful, that their names were used as a pars pro toto for the Low Countries, i.e., Flanders, Holland and to a lesser extent... 68 KB (6,919 words) - 13:01, 14 April 2024 |
representative of the whole). A pars pro toto (in which a part is used to describe the whole) is the opposite of a totum pro parte. Some place names of large... 4 KB (469 words) - 20:15, 28 April 2024 |
for a part of something is used to refer to the whole (pars pro toto), or vice versa (totum pro parte). The term is derived from Ancient Greek συνεκδοχή... 14 KB (1,534 words) - 19:56, 14 April 2024 |
whole entity being used to refer to a part of it (totum pro parte), and vice versa (pars pro toto) American (word) for the United States/Americas/North... 13 KB (1,670 words) - 16:27, 12 December 2023 |
the Old Swiss Confederacy. The name originates as an exonym, applied pars pro toto to the troops of the Confederacy. The Swiss themselves began to adopt... 9 KB (1,114 words) - 19:05, 16 June 2023 |
Winning side in the Russian Civil War (1917–23) Soviet Union (1922–91), pars pro toto, the Russian SFSR being the predominant component of the union Red Ruthenia... 905 bytes (153 words) - 11:18, 20 May 2023 |