So, I found a ambiguous situation where a map feature’s name pays hommage to a group of historical figures with a collective designation that is only used in the feature itself.
It’s a park in Lisbon, Portugal, called “Campo dos Mártires da Pátria” (lit. “Field of the Martyrs of the Fatherland”).
These were 12 liberal revolutionary men sentenced to death in the last days of Portugal’s absolutist regime, prominent among which was Gomes Freire de Andrade.
However, they’re only referred by this collective noun in Portuguese toponymy like parks and avenues; less so in literature. Likewise, there is no wikipedia article or wikidata element for “Mártires da Pátria”, though the park’s wiki article mentions “Gomes Freire and his 11 fellows” as the object of hommage.
What would be the best way to tag this feature’s etymology?
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Option A - create an wikidata element for “Mártires da Pátria”:
name:etymology=Mártires da Pátria+
name:etymology:wikidata=* -
Option B - just refer to the group’s leader:
name:etymology=Gomes Freire de Andrade+
name:etymology:wikidata=Q431905+
name:etymology:wikipedia=pt:Gomes Freire de Andrade -
Option C - refer to the 12 people individually:
name:etymology=Gomes Freire de Andrade;Name2;...;Name12+
name:etymology:wikidata=Q431905;QName2;...;QName12
(This option may require the previous creation of several other wikidata elements.)
