Results 31 to 40 of about 941 (140)
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
doaj +1 more source
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
doaj +1 more source
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
doaj +1 more source
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.
openaire +1 more source
The origin of Scandinavia hydronyms: two bases
The article is devoted to the linguistic analysis of Scandinavian hydronyms. The origin of the names of major rivers in Norway and Sweden are considered.
Fedchenko Oleg Dmitrievich
doaj
Origin of the Hydronyms Sumy Region [PDF]
Досліджено походження гідронімів Сумської області та проведена їх класифікація. Встановлено, що назви гідронімів сформувались внаслідок взаємодії природно-географічних, соціально-економічних та історико-культурних умов, що притаманні регіону досліджень ...
Рябоконь О. В. +3 more
core +1 more source
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
doaj +1 more source
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 ...
openaire +2 more sources
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
doaj +1 more source
HYDRONYMS OF ADYGEA AS A SOURCE OF ETHNOCULTURAL INFORMATION
The article is devoted to the study of a group of regional hydronyms that have lost their connection with the appellative. It is established that the study of the etymology, semantics of a hydronym, the definition of its original appearance is impossible without the involvement of ethnocultural material, which confirms the need to use an integrated ...
Elena A. Sokur +2 more
openaire +2 more sources

