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The Lycian toponym Κάδρεμα and the Anatolian wheat [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
The paper provides an etymological explanation for the Lycian toponym Κάδρεμα, attested in the "Ethnika" of Stephanus of ...
Valerio Pisaniello
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Καλπε: The Etymology of the Oldest Place Names on the Iberian Peninsula [PDF]

open access: yesУченые записки Казанского университета: Серия Гуманитарные науки, 2016
The paper reviews the issue of the origin of toponym Καλπε (Calpe), which can be rightfully called one of the oldest place names on the Iberian Peninsula.
D.M. Kamari
doaj  

Held in a story: Relatability across plates and places

open access: yesAnthropology and Humanism, Volume 51, Issue 1, June 2026.
Abstract This piece explores the power and ambivalence of storytelling through a dinner with Jemimah, a counseling psychologist and a trained educator with a keen interest in using storytelling as pedagogy in Northeast India. As the evening unfolds in her dining room, stories and memories are exchanged, revealing how relatability is not inherent but ...
Anna Notsu
wiley   +1 more source

Mapping Language: Names, Speakers and Voices

open access: yesArea, Volume 58, Issue 2, June 2026.
Short Abstract In this conversational piece, we reflect on our experience of working with and on maps and map‐makers that have shaped linguistic conventions and ideas, suggesting geographers have much to contribute by engaging with such mapping. It illuminates how maps rendered the unpredictable geography of speakers and the naming of places as ...
Beth Williamson, Philip Jagessar
wiley   +1 more source

Eliciting Knowledge on Technical and Legal Aspects of Participatory Toponym Handling

open access: yesISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2019
There has been increased collaboration between citizens and scientists to achieve common goals in scientific or geographic data collection, analysis, and reporting. Geospatial technology is leveraging the power of citizens in such efforts.
Aji Putra Perdana, Frank O. Ostermann
doaj   +1 more source

Biogeographic Spread of the Non‐Indigenous Copepod Pseudodiaptomus marinus in Italian Waters—Insights by the Marine Strategy Framework Directive Surveys

open access: yesDiversity and Distributions, Volume 32, Issue 6, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Aim This research investigates the distribution of the non‐indigenous calanoid copepod Pseudodiaptomus marinus Sato, 1913 in Italian coastal waters as retrieved by the data collected in the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) programme in the 2015–2023 time window. Location Italian marine coastal waters, Mediterranean Sea.
Stefano Corona   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Microbially induced sedimentary structures in fluvial settings: the gas domes from the Bolzano Megacaldera (Permian, Italy)

open access: yesSedimentology, Volume 73, Issue 4, Page 914-944, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Gas domes serve as some of the earliest and most persisting indicators of life on Earth, yet their documentation in continental environments remains sparse. This study aims to bridge this gap by examining gas domes within the Permian fluvial succession of Monte Luco, located in the caldera of the Bolzano Supervolcano. These structures occur as
Andrea Baucon   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Urbanonyms-periphrases of the city of Smolensk in the semantic field “war”

open access: yesНеофилология, 2020
In modern domestic linguistics, there are many works dedicated to the study of the figurative meaning of the word. However, periphrases more functioning in oral speech are not sufficiently studied. Of particular interest are proper names that reflect the
N. A. Rodina
doaj   +1 more source

Datasets for toponym recognition and disambiguation for nineteenth-century English newspapers

open access: yes, 2023
We present two datasets, one for the task of toponym recognition and one for the task of toponym disambiguation. The datasets are derived from the "Dataset for Toponym Resolution in Nineteenth-Century English Newspapers" (DOI: https://doi.org/10.23636 ...
Coll Ardanuy, Mariona, Nanni, Federico
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The Convincing Ground, Portland Bay, Victoria, Australia: An Exploration of the Controversy Surrounding its Onomastic History

open access: yesNames, 2014
This paper presents the results of a case study into the historiography of the Convincing Ground toponym at Portland Bay, Victoria, Australia. This study shows that research by into the usage of the phrase “convincing ground” in nineteenth-century ...
Ian D. Clark
doaj   +1 more source

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