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Geography and Onomastics: Geographical Terminology in the Oronymy of the Balearic Islands

Вопросы ономастики, 2023
Toponymy and, more specifically, toponymic generics constitute an important source of geographical terminology, which is a valuable object of study in both linguistics and cultural geography.
Antoni Ordinas Garau, Xavier Ordinas Ribas   +1 more
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Oronyms in Međimurje [PDF]

Jezikoslovni zapiski, 2015
The oronymy of Međimurje still has not been catalogued or systematically dealt with. Following a brief review of studies of Međimurje oronymy, the author sketches out the morphological, word-formational, and semantic features of current official ...
Ines Virč
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The onomastic view from Velebit’s Petar Zoranić Peak [PDF]

Studia Lexicographica, 2022
Based on researching the reference literature, archival materials, and available sources, this paper describes the reflection of the personal name of the author of the first Croatian novel on Croatia’s toponymy and chrematonymy.
Ivica Mataija
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Sogdian Archetypes in Chatkal Oronymy as an Ancient Substrate of Toponyms of Central Asia

Bulletin of Science and Practice, 2022
The relevance of studying the oronymy of the Chatkal area of Kyrgyzstan is associated with the fact that many mountain names are well preserved in sound and semantic terms. This factor is an important condition for studying the retrospective of any language, including the Turkic languages too.
D. Kenzhebaev, D. Abdullaev
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On the History of Ossetian Oronymy

Вопросы ономастики
The article examines the geographical terms of the Ossetian language related to oronymy. For the first time in the scholarly literature the article discusses Ossetian dur//dor ‘mountain’.
Azamat Aslanbekovich Betrozov, Yuri Albertovich Dzitstsoity   +1 more
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Ancient Element of kem in Chatkal Oronymy and of South Siberia Toponymy

Bulletin of Science and Practice, 2022
It is well known that oronyms are the nuclear system of the lexical fund of the linguistic structure as such and are closely related to the historical formation of the linguistic mentality of the carrier. Of course, the Kyrgyz oronyms, that is, the names of the mountains, are extraterritorial and ancient nominations in Eurasia.
D. Abdullaev
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Cultural Studies of Stone: Stones and Mountains in Folklore, Rites, and Toponymy. Review of the book: Ageeva, R. A. (2019). Kamen’ i gory v narodnoi kul’ture [Stone and Mountains in Popular Culture]. Moscow: Maska. 250 p. [PDF]

Вопросы ономастики, 2021
This paper gives an overview of the book Stone and Mountains in Popular Culture by Ruth Ageeva, a monograph that includes a preface, an introduction, seven chapters, an appendix, and a list of oronyms (proper names for mountains and stones) found in the ...
Yuri S. Kostylev
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Heroic memoratives in the Russian toponymicon

Неофилология, 2021
We consider the place of heroic memoratives in the toponymic space of Russian Federation (at the level of oikonymy, urbanonymy, oronymy). The purpose of research is to show the effective role of commemorative practices, which are part of the state ...
S. A. Popov
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Orographic Appellatives of High Relief in Yakut Oronymy

Tomsk Journal of Linguistics and Anthropology, 2023
Анализируются орографические апеллятивы возвышенного рельефа на материале якутской оронимии в сравнительно-сопоставительном аспекте с тюркскими, монгольскими и тунгусо-маньчжурскими языками. Рассматривается их семантика, дистрибуция и определяется их роль в формировании оронимов.
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