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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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Notes on some of the ethnonyms in the Veneranda dies [PDF]
Ad Limina, 2010 The article deals with some of the ethnonyms mentioned in the Veneranda dies, proposing some identifications for the names “Daci” and “Romani” that have not hitherto been considered.
Carlo Pulsoni
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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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Settlement Names Derived from Ethnonyms as Historical Evidence: the Case of Medieval Hungary [PDF]
Вопросы ономастики, 2019 The present paper addresses some specific methodological issues in using toponymy as historical evidence of the ethnic composition of an area in the past.
Anita Rácz, Valéria Tóth
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Russian Ethnonyms and Related Lexical Categories in Explanatory Dictionaries [PDF]
Вопросы ономастики, 2013 The article deals with the problem of the proprial status of ethnonyms as reflected in Russian explanatory dictionaries from the first relevant editions of the last quarter of the 19th century (the unfinished experimental Comprehensive Philological ...
Aleksandr I. Grishchenko
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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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African Ethnonyms and Toponyms: An Annotated Bibliography
Electronic Journal of Africana Bibliography, 2006 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. African names are oral records that can be meticulously processed and analyzed by African and Africana scholars.
Batoma, Atoma
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The Ethnonyms ≠Aunin, Topnaars, and !Naranin
Names, 2010 The ≠Aunin, also called Topnaars and !Naranin, are an exceptional people, currently regarded as Nama (Khoikhoi) but thought to be originally San (Bushmen).
Peter E Raper
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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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