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Geodesy and Cartography, 2012 When mapping the area of Lithuania, place-names presented by linguists or given in documents are used. The spelling differences of these names in different sources and over-generalised locations cause the importance of localisation specification and ...
Romualdas Girkus +1 more
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Ще раз про походження літописного Вердерева
Acta Baltico-Slavica, 2015 Ethymology of the place name Вердеревъ The oiconym Вердеревъ is mentioned in a document from the end of the 14th century. The historical place name is connected with today's name of a village in Skopin region, Riazan district.
Віктор [Viktor] П. [P.] Шульгач [Shul'gach]
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On the Hydronym Kenozero [PDF]
Вопросы ономастики, 2011 The article puts forward a new etymological interpretation of the Kenozero toponym, functioning as a unifying name for a number of lakes in the Russian North, Karelia and Leningrad Region.
Kamill P. Volskiy
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On Hydronymic Catalogues Composition Principles: Cataloguing of Hydronyms of the Msta River Basin [PDF]
Вопросы ономастики, 2015 The article presents a brief review of the few Russian hydronymic catalogues (relating to the basins of the Don, Oka, Svir and other rivers) based on the hydrographic principle.
Valery L. Vasilyev, Nina N. Vikhrova
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Вопросы ономастики, 2022 The review looks at the monograph Is the White Kama Really White? (Udmurt Names of the Kama River in Written Sources) by Valentin K. Kelmakov which is a many-faceted study of the entitled hydronym.
Maria V. Bobrova, Roman V. Gaidamashko
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TOPONAMES, ASSOCIATED WITH SACRED PLACES [PDF]
Vestnik Issyk-Kulʹskogo universitetaThe article analyzes a large number of sacred toponyms and hydronymic names that arose spontaneously in the Issyk-Kul region, to which periods they belong, and for what reasons.
Akmatov N. R., Rysbekova N. R.
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The Nothern Russian Toponym Urdoma: Old and New Etymologies
Вопросы ономастики, 2021 The paper focuses on some earlier and new etymologies of the mysterious toponym Urdoma which nowadays refers to a village located on the left bank of the river Vychegda in Lensky district, Arkhangelsk region.
Nadezhda V. Kabinina +1 more
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Volga – the river of seven names
Linguistica Brunensia, 2021 This article analyzes the names which denote or could denote the mightest river of Europe – the Volga, namely Old Russian Volga, Mordovian Rav(o), Mari Jul, Turkic Ätil, preceded by Byzantine records as Ἀττίλας, Ἀστὴλ, Ἄτελ, Tίλ etc., further Ἀράξης ...
Václav Blažek
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A Note on the ‘toponym’ R Package
NamesIn this note, we describe how to install and use the ‘toponym’ R package, which is designed for mapping and manipulating toponymic data from the GeoNames database.
Lennart Chevallier, Søren Wichmann
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Transactions of the Philological Society, Volume 124, Issue 1, Page 168-199, March 2026.Abstract This study investigates the lexicographical potential of Medieval Latin documentation from the Venetian area of the Italo‐Romance domain, highlighting the need for a systematic approach to bridge Latin and vernacular linguistic developments. The project MEDITA – Medieval Latin Documentation and Digital Italo‐Romance Lexicography.
Jacopo Gesiot
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