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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

of that word. German Dom and Polish tum became the synecdoche used – pars pro toto – for most existing or former collegiate churches. Therefore, translation...

different types of jewellery. Nevertheless, the term may also be used pars pro toto to indicate all body piercings in the area of the anus, perineum, penis...

the whole of the modern country of the Netherlands. This example of pars pro toto or synecdoche is similar to the tendency to refer to the United Kingdom...

(historically in Spanish: Flandes, the name "Flanders" was used as a pars pro toto) was the Habsburg Netherlands ruled by the Spanish branch of the Habsburgs...

the Bijlmer designation is used to refer to Amsterdam Zuidoost as a pars pro toto.[citation needed] The other neighbourhoods in Amsterdam Zuidoost are...

Olmec archaeological record, and in many cases, under the principle of pars pro toto, the werejaguar motif represents the werejaguar supernatural. The werejaguar...

are, rather, a more or less random selection intended to represent pars pro toto the structure of the imperial constitution. Over its long history, the...

(Brunswick), Germany. The church is termed Dom, in German a synecdoche - pars pro toto - used for cathedrals and collegiate churches alike, and much like the...

for photocopy, Kleenex for tissues, or Jell-O for gelatin dessert). Pars pro toto, or a name applied to something that covers only part of a region. People...

during the Bronze Age. The Greeks later applied this term Illyrians, pars pro toto, to all people with similar language and customs. In archaeological...

adding kreuzweis (crosswise), and that term alone is also used as a pars pro toto abbreviation. The Swabian salute first received literary honors in Goethe's...

Italy Diocese of Rome, the papal archbishopric in central Italy Rome as pars pro toto for the Holy See and/or the whole (Roman) Catholic Church Romé, a wine...

Kenning List of metonyms Meronymy Newspeak Pars pro toto Simile Slang Sobriquet Social stereotype Synecdoche Totum pro parte "metonymy". Cambridge University...

the whole shoe as a "stiletto", not just the heel, via synecdoche (pars pro toto). Although they faded from the scene after the Beatles era began, their...

and it became the capital city of Western Australia. The name was a pars pro toto for Western Australia. On 6 February 1832, the colony was renamed the...

the figure of speech of two forms: Pars pro toto using the word for a part by way of referring to the whole Totum pro parte using the word for the whole...

Anglo-Dutch Wars in the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries, made Holland a pars pro toto for the entire country. Many Dutch people object to the country being...

Christians. Similarly, medieval Middle Eastern Muslims frequently used the pars pro toto 'Frank' to refer to any Christian or crusader, whether they were from...

physētēr (φυσητήρ), meaning 'blowpipe, blowhole (of a whale)', or – as a pars pro toto – 'whale'.[citation needed] The specific name macrocephalus is Latinized...

name of one of its parts (or vice versa): Pars pro toto, where the part is used to refer to the whole. Totum pro parte, where the whole is used to refer...

are, rather, a more or less random selection intended to represent pars pro toto the structure of the imperial constitution. Princes of the Holy Roman...

indicated Mt. Kenya as Mt. Kenia. The mountain's name was accepted, pars pro toto, as the name of the country. It did not come into widespread official...

the figure of speech of two forms: Pars pro toto using the word for a part by way of referring to the whole Totum pro parte using the word for the whole...