Do island toponymies exist? [PDF]
Island Studies Journal, 2016 Explicit consideration of the concept of island toponymy is scant. Following a summary of recent island toponymic experiences on Pitcairn Island, this introduction reviews how the seven papers in this thematic section of ISJ offer methodological and ...
Joshua Nash
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Tourism and toponymy: commodifying and consuming place names [PDF]
Tourism Geographies, 2014 Academic geographers have a long history of studying both tourism and place names, but have rarely made linkages between the two. Within critical toponymic studies there is increasing debate about the commodification of place names, but to date the role ...
Duncan Light
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Toponimi Nama-Nama Tempat di Kecamatan Kuta dan Kuta Selatan Kabupaten Badung Bali
Humanis, 2023 The results of this study are to describe the toponyms found in the origins of place names in Kuta and South Kuta Districts. The use of toponymy theory in this analysis is able to reveal toponymy aspects of place names in Kuta and South Kuta Districts ...
Kadek Endina Pradyani +2 more
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Brasil e suas águas – estudo das toponímias nas redes hidrográficas
Confins, 2022 Brazil has one of the largest water sources in the world, which embraces a great complexity in its hydrographic networks. In this work, we seek to highlight the variety of toponymy of Brazilian watercourses, distributed throughout the national territory,
Roberto Verdum +1 more
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Turkic elements in the toponymy of South Ossetia
Ученые записки Казанского университета: Серия Гуманитарные науки, 2021 In this paper, the Turkic elements in the toponymy of South Ossetia were analyzed. Most of these elements have never been previously studied. A brief survey of the history of the study of Turkisms in the toponymy of the region was performed.
Yu.A. Dzitstsojty
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Toponymic Notions of Sámi Past(s)
Suomen Antropologi, 2023 The Finnish geodesist and self-taught ethnographer Karl Nickul (1900–1980) studied the Indigenous toponymy among the Skolt Sámi in northeastern Finland. This article analyses Nickul’s early publications and international correspondence, focusing on the
Otso Kortekangas
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Maritime Indonesia and the Archipelagic Outlook; Some Reflections From a Multidisciplinary Perspective on Old Port Cities in Java [PDF]
, 2016 The present paper reflects on Indonesia\u27s status as an archipelagic state and a maritime nation from a historical perspective. It explores the background of a multi-year research project into Indonesia\u27s maritime past currently being undertaken at ...
Lauder, A. F. (Allan) +1 more
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Toponymy in Focus. Review of the book: Barandeev, A. V. (Ed.). (2018). Voprosy geografii. Sb. 146. Aktualnye problemy toponimiki [Problems of Geography. 146. Topical Issues in Toponomastics]. Moscow: Codex. 312 p. [PDF]
Вопросы ономастики, 2019 The review observes a new collection of studies devoted to the problems of Russian toponymy. Released under the authority of the Russian Geographical Society that keeps a constant focus on toponymy on the pages of its journal “Problems of Geography ...
Konstantin A. Gein
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São Tomé and Príncipe’s toponymy
Acta Scientiarum: Language and Culture, 2021 gabrielaraujo@um.edu.mo ABSTRACT. This study describes the toponymic profile of the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe (STP), a former Portuguese colony.
Amanda Macedo Balduino +2 more
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Folk Toponymy and Offshore Fishing Ground Names on the Dudley Peninsula, Kangaroo Island, South Australia [PDF]
Island Studies Journal, 2010 This paper analyses data on two aspects of unofficial place-naming or folk toponymy on the Dudley Peninsula, the eastern peninsula of Kangaroo Island, South Australia, namely (1) local unofficial toponyms, and (2) offshore fishing ground names.
Joshua Nash
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