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OBSERVATIONS ON THE GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF TOPONYMIC ENDINGS IN ESTONIA [PDF]
, 2012 The article looks at the geographical distribution of toponymic endings with the aim of discovering significant patterns. The corpus includes ca. 9,000 oikonyms, of which 24% are those that have the analysed endings.
Peeter Päll
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Mapping Language: Names, Speakers and Voices
Area, 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
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Differential mode: manifestation in toponymics
Неофилология, 2020 We consider toponyms that are related to the same appellative or ascend to the same anthroponym or to the same family anthropolexem. We prove that this kind of nomination of toponyms contradicts its main purpose – to name single objects and creates ...
A. S. Shcherbak, R. D. Elibaeva
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Forenames and Surnames in Spain in 2004 [PDF]
, 2008 This paper quantifies the corpus of forenames and surnames in Spain in 2004 using the telephone directory. It describes their frequency patterns, major measurable characteristics, and gives some geographical distributions, international comparisons, and ...
Mateos, P, Tucker, DK
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THE TOPONYMY OF THE VILLAGE OF PADESH, BLAGOEVGRAD AREA – SEMANTIC CLASSIFICATION AND STRUCTURAL SPECIFICS [PDF]
Езиков святThe present text describes the toponymy of the village of Padesh, Blagoevgrad area. It represents a semantic classification of the place names and observes their structural specifics.
Nadelina Ivova
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TAXON, Volume 75, Issue 2, April 2026.Abstract Plant name epithets (as well as names of other organisms governed by the ICN), which are derived from geographic names, are not correctable when their original spelling was intentional and based on contemporary linguistic realities, even if it is currently considered outdated.
Alexander N. Sennikov, Irina V. Belyaeva
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SPELLING PROBLEMS OF TOPONYMS (ON THE MATERIAL OF THE SYSTEM OF PLACE NAMES IN ZAPORIZHZHIAN-NADAZOVIA REGION) [PDF]
Вісник університету ім. А. Нобеля. Серія Філологічні науки, 2019 The purpose of this article is description of system of place names in Zaporizhzhian-Nadazovia region concerning the features of etymology and spelling.
Valentina M. Pacheva
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D\u27Ou Etes-Vous Revisited [PDF]
, 1986 D\u27Ou Etes-Vous deals with a phenomenon which has always been of interest to me. Not only in French, but in Russian as well, the naming of people from their places of origin is very ...
Wurcher, The Word
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Temporal Dynamics of Social Media Impact on Flood Insurance Take‐Up From a US County‐Level Analysis
Earth's Future, Volume 14, Issue 4, April 2026.Abstract This study investigates how social media posts correlate with flood insurance adoption patterns across the United States from 2014 to 2018. Despite increasing flood risks and the widespread availability of flood insurance, insurance adoption rates remains persistently low, prompting the need to understand factors affecting individuals ...
Nadja Veigel +4 more
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Ancient place names of Greek and Latin origin in the Cilician plain [PDF]
Вестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета: Сериа III. ФилологияThe ancient toponymy of the Cilician Plain (Asia Minor) has a heterogeneous character, a significant part of the geographical names are of substrate origin, which reflects the rich ethnopolitical history of this region.
Alla Linko
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