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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Local flavour vs global audiences: Elena Ferrante and translatability [PDF]
, 2017 Through an analysis of the novels written under the pen name ElenaFerrante and of the paratextual elements that surround them, thisarticle examines the portrayal of Naples and its outskirts in thesenarratives, and how the specific geographical and ...
Segnini, Elisa
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The authority of states to use names in international law and the Macedonian affair: Unilateral entitlements, historic title, and trademark analogies [PDF]
, 2009 Copyright @ 2009 Foundation of the Leiden Journal of International Law.The international legal entitlement by which a state constitutionally designates its name, or a province therein, involves a unilateral act.
Bantekas, I
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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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What is Allium achaium Boiss. & Orph.? Disentangling the taxonomy of a Greek mountain species [PDF]
, 2019 Allium oreohellenicum Tzanoud., Tsakiri & Raus (Amaryllidaceae), endemic of the Greek mountains, is described and illustrated as a species new to science.
Raus, Thomas +2 more
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Földrajzi nevek a közigazgatásban
Névtani Értesítő, 2016 Geographical names in public administration The paper reviews the areas in which public administration plays or should play a role in the formation, registration or the appropriate use of geographical names, mentioning the relevant legal ...
Gábor Mikesy
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Nicolas-Auguste Tissot: A link between cartography and quasiconformal theory
, 2016 Nicolas-Auguste Tissot (1824--1897) published a series of papers on cartography in which he introduced a tool which became known later on, among geographers, under the name of the "Tissot indicatrix." This tool was broadly used during the twentieth ...
Papadopoulos, Athanase
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