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L’arbre et le verbe… Toponymie d’une forêt normande : la forêt domaniale de Cerisy (Calvados-Manche)

Géolinguistique, 2019
This article examines the toponymy of an ancient forest of the dukes of Normandy, the forest of Cerisy, by crossing historical and geographical data from archival and cartographic sources. Three approaches are proposed.
Élisabeth Ridel-Granger
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Isolation, Insularity and Resilience: A Review of the Geophysical, Socioeconomic, and Environmental Vulnerabilities of Gran Canaria and Lesvos Islands for Policy Interventions to Global Change

Sustainable Development, Volume 34, Issue 6, Page 8018-8057, October 2026.
ABSTRACT The dynamic nature of small islands being geographically isolated and their perceived connectedness with global networks complicates research attempts to draw general conclusions on whether insularity leads to marginalization or strengthens their resilience for sustainable development.
Toheeb Lekan Jolaosho, Mazen Marouani, Takwa Boughanmi   +2 more
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Colonial Cartography and World Heritage Valuing in Takayna Country: A Reflection on the Use of the Simple Additive Weighted Method

Austral Ecology, Volume 51, Issue 10, October 2026.
ABSTRACT In many regions there are disputes about future land use that make knowledge of spatial variation in conservation value an important input to negotiation. Current approaches to measuring spatial conservation values for the purposes of recognition and protection remain largely trapped in colonising cartographic methodologies that marginalise ...
Jennifer Diana Evans (Dharug), Kerry Lynn Bridle, James Barrie Kirkpatrick   +2 more
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Reassessing sixteenth and seventeenth century written accounts of hurricanes in the North Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea

Weather, Volume 81, Issue 9, Page 298-305, September 2026.
Abstract While the North Atlantic’s five‐century hurricane history is among the most complete globally, the earliest centuries are poorly documented in the written record. This study reassesses a subset of sixteenth to seventeenth‐century tropical cyclones (TCs) through a systematic review of archival evidence, mainly from Spain’s colonial archive, the
William Gomez Pretel, Michael Chenoweth
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Revisiting the Standardization of the Use of the Letter ё in Russian Toponymy [PDF]

Вопросы ономастики, 2018
The paper deals with the standardization of the use of the letter ё in the official toponymy of Russia. A long-term monitoring of the toponymic data presented in the State catalogue of geographical names revealed that the use/non-use of the letter ё is a
Igor A. Dambuev
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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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Pristine Toponymy and Embedded Placenames on Islands

Names, 2012
Pristine placenaming or pristine toponymy is a concept first put forward by : 333). Ross considers a toponym pristine ‘if, and only if, we are cognisant of the actual act of its creation.’ This paper redefines and extends Ross’s definition of pristine ...
Joshua Nash
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The Venetian Vernacular Lexicon in Eleventh‐ and Twelfth‐Century Latin Documents: Insights from the Codice Diplomatico Veneziano

Transactions of the Philological Society, Volume 124, Issue 1, Page 168-199, March 2026.
Abstract This study investigates the lexicographical potential of Medieval Latin documentation from the Venetian area of the Italo‐Romance domain, highlighting the need for a systematic approach to bridge Latin and vernacular linguistic developments. The project MEDITA – Medieval Latin Documentation and Digital Italo‐Romance Lexicography.
Jacopo Gesiot
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Analysis of the toponymy of the Mordovian village of Teshnyar, Penza Region, in the context of the linguistic affiliation of the Teshnyar dialect

Russian Social and Humanitarian Studies
Background. The article presents a lexical and semantic analysis of the toponymy of the Mordovian village Teshnyar in the Sosnovoborsky district of the Penza region and its environs.
Nikolay V. Belenov
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THE TOPONYMY OF GATA

Lingua Montenegrina, 2016
The paper analyzes the toponomastic data of the settlement of Gata located in the hinterland of Omiš, south of Split. The analysis is based on data collected primarily by field research. The data were compared with the cadastral books, available maps and analyzed.
Katarina LOZIĆ-KNEZOVIĆ, Marija RADOSTIĆ   +1 more
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