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Distribution (toponyms/km2) of toponyms in Italian.
TDAGD = Toponym distribution (toponyms/km2) along the geographical directions. The graphic representation of the TDAGD was achieved by positioning the centre of the graphic over the municipality of Elini, representing the geographic centre of Ogliastra.
Gian Franco Capra (705924) +5 more
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Ancient place names of Greek and Latin origin in the Cilician plain [PDF]
The 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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Held in a story: Relatability across plates and places
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
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Investigating the Onomastic Need to Rename Gender-derogatory Toponyms: A South African Perspective [PDF]
This article explores the onomastic necessity of renaming gender-derogatory toponyms in the South African landscape. It contends that there is a need to interrogate the reasons behind gender-derogatory names and how society relates to these names.
Dolly Maleka Makweya +3 more
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Mapping Language: Names, Speakers and Voices
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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Toponyms with the Stem баш/бас in Tuvan and Yakut languages: a lingvoculturological interpretation
Studying Turkic geographical names is a way to reveal their common and characteristic features in linguistics, culture, and history. A common denominator might be a simple concurrence of the semantics of stems (apellatives) in toponyms.
Egor R. Nikolaev
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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
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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
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Distribution (toponyms/km2) of total toponyms.
TDAGD = Toponym distribution (toponyms/km2) along the geographical directions. The graphic representation of the TDAGD was achieved by positioning the centre of the graphic over the municipality of Elini, representing the geographic centre of Ogliastra.
Gian Franco Capra (705924) +5 more
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Archival Swedish newspapers from the 18th to 20th centuries reveal that the Baltic harbour porpoise once utilized the waters along the full Swedish coast, reaching far north into the Gulf of Bothnia, areas where it no longer occurs today. These records show a major range loss and highlight the importance of historical baselines for conservation ...
M. Aiken +3 more
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