On the Relics of Scytho-Sarmato-Alanian Vocabulary in the Toponymy of Ossetia Voprosy onomastiki, 2018, Volume 15, Issu [PDF]
Вопросы ономастики, 2018 The article undertakes to pick out the oldest Scythian-Sarmatian-Alanian element in Ossetian toponymy where the appellative lexis that was lost in the language is partly retained.
Yuri A. Dzitstsoity
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THE DIALOGUE OF LANGUAGES AND CULTURES IN BASQUE PLACE NAMES
Ибероамериканские тетради, 2016 Presently, Basque toponymy comes out as the result of a dialogue between cultures and languages inside the original territory of Basqueland, as well as the result of a dialogue with the regions historically tied to Euskadi.
OLGA S. Chesnokova +1 more
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The “Mari” Hypothesis in the Study of the Toponymy of the Oka and Unzha Rivers and the Western Borders of the Old Mari Toponymic Area [PDF]
Вопросы ономастики, 2015 Referring to toponymic data, the article aims to verify the hypothesis of the western origin of the Mari people who, presumably, migrated to their present-day settlement area from the territory of Kostroma Region and the Oka River basin.
Oleg V. Smirnov
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‘Microtoponymy’ as a key for geographical description. A case study in Catalonia, Spain [PDF]
, 2014 The study of toponyms at the micro-scale – that is, microtoponymy – is of great interest for the geographer. Place names, generally speaking, provide us with a rich and diverse source of information about the geographical space (and, moreover, about the
Tort-Donada, Joan
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Toponymy and the City, the Past and the Future
Проект Байкал, 2015 The article reviews and analyses the concepts of toponymy, basing on the exchange of ideas between the members of the Toponymy Council and the Editorial Board of the journal. The names of the new urban entities of Irkutsk are proposed.
Marina Tkacheva
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Personal Names of the Finnic Population in the Toponymy of North-Western Belozerye [PDF]
Вопросы ономастики, 2018 The article deals with personal names of Finnic population retrieved from the toponymy of the northwestern part of the Lake Beloye region (Belozerye). Among these names, the author first distinguishes Christian names adopted into the Vepsian language and
Anna A. Makarova
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Toponymies of lesser-used languages in the North: Issues of socio-linguistic conditions among Inuit and Sámi [PDF]
, 2004 Both Inuit and Sámi have experienced the expansion of colonial state systems and immigrant populations from the south into their territories in Arctic Canada and northernmost Europe respectively.
Müller-Wille, Ludger
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Linking early geospatial documents, one place at a time: annotation of geographic documents with Recogito [PDF]
, 2015 Recogito is an open source tool for the semi-automatic annotation of place references in maps and texts. It was developed as part of the Pelagios 3 research project, which aims to build up a comprehensive directory of places referred to in early maps and
Barker, Elton +3 more
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Rural Autochthony? The Rejection of an Aboriginal Placename in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia [PDF]
, 2016 This article addresses the question of why the name ‘Mullawallah’, advanced by local Wada wurrung for a new suburb in the Ballarat area, was contested and rejected by residents.
Newton, Janice
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Field Research of Karelian Toponymy [PDF]
Вопросы ономастики, 2012 The article reviews toponymy field research carried out by the Institute of Language, Literature and History of the Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences during the past 40 years and aiming to create and enlarge the card index of ...
Irma I. Mullonen
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