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Exonyms and other geographical names
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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Transliteration of Indonesian Geographical Names into Chinese
Humaniora, 2022 In this paper, a comparative analysis of the phonetics between Indonesian and Chinese in the geographical name conversion process is carried out to investigate the way of Chinese transliterating for Indonesian geographical names, in order to standardize ...
Qin Weifen, Wang Difei
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Characteristics of exonym use in selected European languages
Acta Geographica Slovenica, 2007 This article discusses linguistic and geographical aspects of the frequency of exonym use in selected European languages. In addition to true exonyms, exographs and exophones are presented. Frequency is discussed by individual languages and, within these,
Drago Kladnik
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Capital and Lowercase Letters in the Official Toponymy of Russia
Вопросы ономастики, 2020 The paper explores the use of capital and lowercase letters in the official toponymy of Russia based on the material of the State Catalogue of Geographical Names, legal documents, and topographic maps.
Igor A. Dambuev
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Névtani Értesítő, 2006 Beregvidék Names of geographical regions constitute a special group in the system of Hungarian place-names. They are originated in historical and social events, they are used to identify larger areas, and they are subject to continuous changes ...
Zsolt Sebestyén
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GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES IN THE WORLD
Scientia Militaria, 2012 (ADDRESS DELIVERED AT FIRST MILITARY NAMES CONGRESS HELD AT FORT KLAPPERKOP ON 30 OCTOBER 1992) A geographical name, sometimes also called a place name or toponym, is the name of any portion of the Earth that has a recognizable identity.
Peter E. Raper
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THE IMPORTANCE OF TOPONYMY OF MUGALZHARY MOUNTAIN PLOTS AND ADJACENT TERRITORIES TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF GEOTURISM [PDF]
Geo Journal of Tourism and Geosites, 2019 The article discusses the importance of the geographical names of the physical-geographical region - the Mugolzhar mountains in the Aktobe region, for the development of tourism in this region. Nomination of place names in the area for landscape features
Akzhunus G. ABDULLINA +4 more
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Multicriteria analysis of Toponyms of the Republic of Serbia [PDF]
Geodetski VestnikToponyms have great social, economic, historical, and cultural significance for every country, as they represent a vital part of the nation's identity. They provide a basis for the identification and analysis of geographical entities represented on maps.
Marko Stojanović +6 more
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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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Atlant and Slovene national consciousness in the second half of the 19th century
Acta Geographica Slovenica, 2006 The geographic literature made an important contribution to the development of national consciousness among Slovenes in the 19thcentury, as well as to the reinforcement of Slovene identity after Slovenia's independence in 1991.
Mimi Urbanc +3 more
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