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Exonyms and other geographical names [PDF]
Acta Geographica Slovenica, 2017 Geographical names are proper names of geographical features. They are characterized by different meanings, contexts, and history. Local names of geographical features (endonyms) may differ from the foreign names (exonyms) for the same feature.
Drago Perko, Peter Jordan, Blaž Komac
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Acta Geographica Slovenica, 2020 This work discusses Slovenian geographical names: endonyms in Slovenia and in border areas inhabited by Slovenians in neighboring countries, and Slovenian exonyms used in Slovenian to describe geographical features outside the Slovenian settlement area ...
Drago Kladnik +2 more
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Монголоведение, 2022 Eastern Yugur is a Mongolic language spoken in Kangle and Mati districts of Gansu Province, China. Eastern Yugur is one of the languages spoken by the Yellow Uyghurs divided into two groups: the endonym of the Mongolic-speaking group is ‘Šera Yogor’, and
Zayana I. Mandzhieva
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Zamucoan ethnonymy in the 18th century and the etymology of Ayoreo
Journal de la Société des Américanistes, 2021 This study presents new data on Zamucoan ethnonymy and solves an etymological problem concerning the term Ayoreo. The earliest documented Zamucoan language is Old Zamuco, spoken in the 18th century in the Jesuit missions of Chiquitos and close to present-
Luca Ciucci
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A Kazár Kaganátus egy népe: a burtászok - A Tribe of the Khazar Khaganate: the Burtas [PDF]
Belvedere Meridionale, 2013 If we consider the written sources about the Burtas, it can be concluded that the Muslim writers provide the most detailed and precise descriptions. The origin of the Burtas is widely disputed; some researchers suggest that they are Turkish, while others
KOVÁCS, Attila
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A Tale of Narrative Annexation Stories From Kisar Island (Southwest Maluku, Indonesia) [PDF]
, 2016 This paper discusses strategies of appropriation of narrative heritage in literate and narrative histories on the island of Kisar. It shows that notwithstanding their sometimes literate characteristics, storytelling in competitive contexts still follows ...
Engelenhoven, A. V. (Aone) +1 more
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Iban as a koine language in Sarawak
Wacana: Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia, 2021 This article attempts to delineate the issue of linguistic homogeny in Iban variants in Sarawak (Malaysia). In brief, the Iban speakers are claimed to descend from Upper Kapuas watershed, Western Kalimantan (Indonesia). Based on local traditions and oral
Chong Shin
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The Crucial and Contested Concept of the Endonym/Exonym Divide
Onomastica, 2021 Paul Woodman has called it the “great toponymic divide”, but the endonym/exonym distinction is not a concept confined solely to toponymy; it can be transferred to all name categories where the name used by insiders may differ from the name used by outsiders, for example, to ethnonyms, anthroponyms, names of institutions, where we frequently meet for ...
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Endonyms or Exonyms: How map purpose, data source, and map language impact place naming on maps
Abstracts of the ICA, 2023 Sui, Zhaoxu, Fish, Carolyn S.
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Slovenian exonyms in North America
Acta Geographica Slovenica, 2017 The number of Slovenian exonyms around the world decreases with distance from Slovenia. This applies less so to North America, where their density is twice as high as in South and Central America.
Drago Perko, Drago Kladnik
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