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HERITAGIZING THE OTHER: Diversity, Heritage and Gentrification in Amsterdam Oost

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Volume 49, Issue 1, Page 95-110, January 2025.
Abstract This article explores the complex connections between gentrification, heritage and othering in Amsterdam Oost, a district shaped by intertwined (post)colonial and (post)migrant histories. It does so by examining two temporary heritage‐making initiatives coordinated by the nearby ethnographic Tropenmuseum to celebrate the rich immigration ...
Elisa Fiore, Vittoria Caradonna
wiley   +1 more source

Toponyms of the Manchu Literary Work - The Ode to Mukden Written by the Emperor

open access: yesOriental Studies, 2018
The article studies Manchu toponymy. The main emphasis is laid on the study of the toponyms mentioned in the 1743 Manchu literary work “Han-i araha Mukden-i fuǯurun bithe”, or The Ode to Mukden Written by the Emperor.
A. B. Lidzhiev
doaj   +1 more source

TOPONYMY AND LINGUISTICS.

open access: yes, 2023
Toponymy is the science that has its subject the study of geographical names or toponyms. As all other names, toponyms belong to languages. Whether they carry a physical meaning in all cases they once used the vocabulary and followed the grammatical and orthographic rules of a certain language.
Yusupova Sabokhatxon A'zamjonovna   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Hills thought to be mountains: A geobiocultural characterization of island highlands in Canada's continental plain

open access: yesCanadian Geographer / Le géographe canadien, Volume 69, Issue 1, Spring / printemps 2025.
Abstract North America is characterized by an expansive continental plain that has been described as platter‐flat. Yet this central continental plain includes isolated uplands that some people call mountains. The hill‐mountain muddle is a classic problem of geomorphology, arising from the challenge of discriminating continuous, attached forms.
Murray M. Humphries   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Researcher of Karshi toponymy

open access: yes, 2018
In this article we are talking about the toponyms Names of streets and makhallas of the city of Karshi , which have a special place in the study of toponymy of Uzbekistan, found in the Dictionary by Nafasov.
JABBOROV, E., JABBOROV,, X.
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BASQUE LANGUAGE AND BASQUE TOPONYMY: INTERCULTURAL CONTACTS AND STANDARTISATION

open access: yesRUDN Journal of Language Studies, Semiotics and Semantics, 2017
The Basque language (euskera) is an isolate language spoken by about one million people in northeast Spain and southwest France. According to the most common version about its origin the Basque language is of Aquitanian origin.
Olga S Chesnokova, Liana M Dzhishkariani
doaj   +1 more source

Place-Naming (Toponymy) of Kecamatan in Bandung: A Morphological Study

open access: yesIdeas, 2020
This study aims to analyze the morphological processes occupied in place-naming of Kecamatan in Bandung and attempts to classify the place-naming of Kecamatan in Bandung based on toponymy rules by Nash (2015).
Intan Siti Nugraha   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Across Madagascar, treeless grasslands characterised by erosion gullies are named after forest and trees

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 6, Issue 6, Page 1490-1504, November 2024.
Debates about the impacts of human settlement on Madagascar's habitat have missed the Malagasy perspective. Using indigenous and local knowledge in the form of toponyms, we find many regions across today's treeless grasslands are named after forest/trees, suggesting they may be novel.
Grant S. Joseph   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Toponymy Can Be Alive

open access: yes, 2015
The author thinks that any discussion on the historical restoration of toponyms in Irkutsk is unpromising and offers to treat toponyms as a resource for vitalizing the city space.
Mikhail Rozhansky, Rozhansky, Mikhail
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Toponymy of G’ijduvan

open access: yes, 2023
Today's society, modern civilization, any connections between peoples and countries cannot be imagined without geographical names. Place names have deep scientific, political, practical and educational significance and are the product of various ...
Ergashevich, Kilichev Bayramali   +1 more
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