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Citizen science characterization of meanings of toponyms of Kenya: a shared heritage. [PDF]

GeoJournal, 2023
Daniel N, Mátyás G.
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Diversity, multilingualism and inter-ethnic relations in the long-term history of the Upper Rio Negro region of the Amazon. [PDF]

Interface Focus, 2023
Cayón L, Chacon T.
europepmc   +1 more source

The toponymy of Xinjiang as a reflection of the region’s Oirat-language culture: ethnolinguistic aspect

Oriental Studies, 2018
The article observes some toponyms of Oirat origin which occur nowadays on the Chinese territory of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. The subject of field study is an Oirat toponymic landscape, a set of the names of rivers, lakes, landforms, settlements,
E. Omakaeva
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The Map of Old Wet Poland: Re-Storying Wetlands

Polish Cartographical Review
This paper arguments that despite the historical and political contexts of the nineteenth century period and the military intentions of The Map of Old Poland’s [Karta Dawnej Polski] original creators, this source now represents not only the nationhood ...
Barcz Anna
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The Journey of a Kalmyk / Qalmaq Merchant through Seventeenth-Century Kazakhstan

Oriental Studies
Introduction. The article attempts to reconstruct one route of the ‘Great Kalmyk Road’ on the basis of data contained in the late seventeenth-century North and East Tartary by the Dutch researcher Nicolaas Witsen. Goals.
Nurlan A. Atygayev, Zibagul S. Ilyassova
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Structural and Derivational Typology of Russian Northwestern Hydronyms [PDF]

Вопросы ономастики, 2012
The article describes some preliminary results of a structural and derivational analysis of river, brook and lake names of the Russian Northwest presenting a list of the main formants proper to the Slavic hydronymy of the region and lists of structural ...
Valery L. Vasilyev
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Ertses ~ Irtysh. For the Etymology of the Epic and Historical Hydronym

Oriental Studies, 2018
The article contains the comment to the proper geographic names, presented in the songs of Kalmyk heroic epos «Dzhangar» among which there is the hydronium Ertses Bumba, by scientific tradition identi0 ed with the river name Irtysh. The author gives some
Alexey Byrykin
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The Potential of Hydronymy in Supporting a Sustainable Blue Economy in Coastal Areas of Riau Province [PDF]

BIO Web of Conferences
This study looks at how hydronyms—names given to rivers and other water bodies—have the potential to support the development of a sustainable blue economy in Bengkalis Regency, Riau Province.
Yance Imelda, Alfiandi Bob, Supriadi Asep, Dillenia Ira   +3 more
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Vízrajzi köznevek ómagyar kori településnevekben

Névtani Értesítő, 2008
Hydrographic common nouns in settlement names of the Old Hungarian period This paper discusses a characteristic subset of habitation names by analysing the hydronyms that have played a part in establishing Old Hungarian settlement names.
Ferenc Bíró
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The Western Spread of Permic Hydronyms

Finnisch-Ugrische Forschungen, 2014
The present study describes ancient Permian settlement history in the light of onomastics. The principal aim of this onomastic survey is to determine the westernmost boundary of Permic hydronyms. A secondary aim is to distinguish different ancient Permian groups from one another, since the hydronyms suggest that there have possibly been four different ...
openaire   +3 more sources