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...

a term for a part of something 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...

independent city. In colloquial Hungarian, "Pest" is sometimes also used pars pro toto to refer to Budapest as a whole. Comprising about two-thirds of the...

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...

(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...

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...

is called the Várnegyed (lit. 'Castle Quarter') today, while “Buda” pars pro toto denotes Budapest’s I., II., III., XI., XII. and XIII. districts. This...