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Metaforiskie hidronīmi Latvijā
Baltistica, 2012 METAPHORIC HYDRONYMS IN LATVIASummaryA metaphor – a term or phrase applied to something which it is not literally applicable to – usually constructs an analogy between two things. This creates associative perception.
Laimute Balode
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Par dažiem neskaidras cilmes Latvijas hidronīmiem
Baltistica, 2011 ON SOME LATVIAN HYDRONYMS OF UNCLEAR ORIGINSummaryThis article deals with some interesting Latvian hydronyms of unclear origin: Latvian lake-names Amardas ezers, Āzdrims2, Davilnītis, Kladācis, Kurēlis and their possible different variants, etc.
Laimute Balode
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SPELLING PROBLEMS OF TOPONYMS (ON THE MATERIAL OF THE SYSTEM OF PLACE NAMES IN ZAPORIZHZHIAN-NADAZOVIA REGION) [PDF]
Вісник університету ім. А. Нобеля. Серія Філологічні науки, 2019 The purpose of this article is description of system of place names in Zaporizhzhian-Nadazovia region concerning the features of etymology and spelling.
Valentina M. Pacheva
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The Mechanisms of Rendering Lithuanian Proper Names in Belorussian-Lithuanian Chronicles
Вопросы ономастики, 2023 The article examines the strategies of rendering Lithuanian proper names in fifteen Belorussian-Lithuanian chronicles created in the 14th–18th centuries. Thirteen of them are written in the literary language of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, based on East
Sofya A. Afanasyeva
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Renaming of Natural Features in the Kaliningrad Region
Вопросы ономастики, 2023 The paper describes a large-scale renaming of water bodies, forests, natural boundaries, and landforms on the territory of the former North-East Prussia after becoming a part of the USSR.
Olga V. Peteshova
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Вопросы ономастики, 2020 The article comprehensively explores the names of river bodies ending in -ka (Gorodenka, Verebushka, Osipovka, Plotichinka, etc.), permeating the historical territories of medieval Novgorod as well as many other Russian regions, taking up to 30% of the ...
Valery L. Vasilyev
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Víznevekből metonimikusan keletkezett magyar településnevek
Névtani Értesítő, 2005 Hungarian names of settlements developed from hydronyms via metonymy The Hungarian names of settlements in the Carpathian Basin involved in this analysis form a homogeneous group from several aspects.
Ferenc Bíró
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Vakhsh as a Hydronym of the Amu Darya
Bulletin of Science and Practice, 2021 It is known that the Amu Darya is considered a major river that has played an important role in the social-economic life of the people of Central Asia. Historically, the Amu Darya has been called by different names. It is analyzed this process based on sources in this article.
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Hidronīmi 16.–17.gadsimta Latvijas kartēs
Baltistica, 2011 HYDRONYMS ON LATVIAN MAPS OF THE 16th-17th CENTURIESSummaryThe article deals with the old hydronyms which most of all are names of the largest rivers and lakes of contemporary Latvia (one cannot find small hydroobjects on ancient maps).
Laimute Balode
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