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The Mechanisms of Rendering Lithuanian Proper Names in Belorussian-Lithuanian Chronicles
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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SPELLING PROBLEMS OF TOPONYMS (ON THE MATERIAL OF THE SYSTEM OF PLACE NAMES IN ZAPORIZHZHIAN-NADAZOVIA REGION) [PDF]
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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Renaming of Natural Features in the Kaliningrad Region
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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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
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
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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Revisiting the “West-Baltic” Type Hydronymy in Central Russia [PDF]
The article examines the substrate hydronymy of the middle Oka and the Dnieper regions (ending in -va, -da, etc.) that is typically attributed to the West-Baltic toponymic stratum and associated with the language of the Moschinskaya archaeological ...
Pavel A. Gusenkov
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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. With reference to some typological and physicogeographic data, the author points to a flaw in the etymological reconstruction made by Khelimsky, who ascribes the ...
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Black Rising: An Editorial Note on the Increasing Popularity of a US American Racial Ethnonym
In historic protests sparked by the wrongful deaths of US civilians, demonstrators have taken to the streets in record numbers demanding justice and an end to institutionalized racism.
I. M. Nick
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