Geography and Onomastics: Geographical Terminology in the Oronymy of the Balearic Islands
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 +1 more
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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]
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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The onomastic view from Velebit’s Petar Zoranić Peak
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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Orographic Appellatives of High Relief in Yakut Oronymy
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.
Яна Васильевна Стручкова
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Sogdian Archetypes in Chatkal Oronymy as an Ancient Substrate of Toponyms of Central Asia
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
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 +1 more
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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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Oronymy in Yogini Tantra: An Onomastic Study with Special Reference to Kamrup District of Assam
Lekhika Gogoi
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Ethnos with Turkish Ancestry in the Toponymic Background of the Territory of Azerbaijan
Objective: Research shows that parallel toponyms exist in different types of toponymy, including oikonymy, oronymy, and hydronymy. Comparative analysis of parallel toponyms reveals that the people's ethnic origin, household, economic activity, and other ...
N. Babayev, Z. Imrani, A. R. Zakirova
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Heroic memoratives in the Russian toponymicon
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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