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Deprecatory Ethnonyms: The Case of Boanghin [PDF]

Acta Universitatis Sapientiae: Philologica, 2023
In this study, we aim to analyse the origin and semantics of one of the lexemes used by Romanians to refer to Hungarians: boanghin(a), also used as boanghen(a).
Imola Katalin Nagy
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ETHNONYMS DESIGNATING TATARS IN JEWISH SOURCES OF THE 13th–19th CENTURIES AND THEIR MEANINGS IN THE CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL CONTEXT

Золотоордынское обозрение
Research Objectives: The aim of this article is to analyze the ethnonyms used in Jewish texts in relation to Tartars and some other groups of the Muslim population.
Akhiezer G.
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Deprecatory Ethnonyms: The Case of Bozgor [PDF]

Acta Universitatis Sapientiae: Philologica, 2023
In this study, we wish to debate upon some aspects regarding the lexical and semantic implications of ethnonyms. We aim to analyse the origin and semantics of one of two lexemes used by Romanians to refer to Hungarians: bozgor. Besides a meta-analysis of
Imola Katalin Nagy
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Ethnonyms in the Texts of the Yakut Epic [PDF]

Studia Litterarum, 2022
The article examines the functioning of ethnonyms and ethnocultural stereotypes in the texts of the Yakut epic tales. It describes hitherto understudied ethnic groups’ nominations, the contexts and internal logic of its use in folklore narration with the
Semen S. Makarov
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The ethnonyms ‘Bushman’ and ‘San’

Acta Academica, 2010
The first part of the term “Bushman” has been variously explained as referring to bush-covered country, or to bushes as refuge from enemies, as cover from which to attack man or beast, or as dwelling places. The word boes is neither Afrikaans nor Dutch,
Peter Raper
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African Ethnonyms and Toponyms: An Annotated Bibliography

Electronic Journal of Africana Bibliography, 2020
A major trend in African Studies today consists in using traces of African culture embedded in African names and naming practices to recover or reconstruct African heritage.
Atoma Batoma
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Proper Names as an Ethnocultural Text: Nogai Place Names as Determinants of Ethnic Memory

Lietuvos Istorijos Studijos, 2023
The toponymy of any region contains information about the most important stages in the history of the material and spiritual culture of the people, behind each geographical name there is a historical reality.
Mariia Bulgarova
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Język w procesie kształtowania nowych regionów w Polsce

Slavia Meridionalis, 2021
Language in the Creation Process of the New Regions of Poland The article concerns the influence of state reform on the evolution of regional identity. The aim of the article is to describe the role of language in these changes.
Mirosława Sagan-Bielawa
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Origins of the Formosan Ethnonyms

Journal of Culture, Society and Development, 2023

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Toponymy in Focus. Review of the book: Barandeev, A. V. (Ed.). (2018). Voprosy geografii. Sb. 146. Aktualnye problemy toponimiki [Problems of Geography. 146. Topical Issues in Toponomastics]. Moscow: Codex. 312 p. [PDF]

Вопросы ономастики, 2019
The review observes a new collection of studies devoted to the problems of Russian toponymy. Released under the authority of the Russian Geographical Society that keeps a constant focus on toponymy on the pages of its journal “Problems of Geography ...
Konstantin A. Gein
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