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ABSTRACT Just over 100 years after Katherine Routledge's 1921–1922 expedition to the Mangareva Islands, digitized copies of a portion of her field notes from the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) in London were returned to the source community in French Polynesia.
James L. Flexner +2 more
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Toponyms of the Manchu Literary Work - The Ode to Mukden Written by the Emperor
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
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Kuentz Charles. Toponymie égyptienne. In: Bulletin de l'Institut d'Egypte, tome 19, fascicule 2, 1936. pp. 215-221.
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Abstract In the face of global changes and the biodiversity crisis, Local Ecological Knowledge of Indigenous communities is increasingly valued for aligning conservation policies with the needs of local communities and enriching conservation strategies through the synergy of diverse knowledge systems.
Opale Coutant +7 more
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Place-Naming (Toponymy) of Kecamatan in Bandung: A Morphological Study
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
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ABSTRACT This paper presents the interdisciplinary investigation (archaeology, geochemistry, history) of a medieval silver and lead production site located in southern France, in the Minier valley (Occitanie, Aveyron, Le‐Viala‐du‐Tarn). In order to identify the production sites, in situ geochemical surveys were carried out using a portable X‐ray ...
Céline Tomczyk +3 more
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The article reviews toponymy of the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island. Analysis of this part of Canadian toponymy helps specify the role of geographical names in the formation of linguistic world view of the Canadians and obtain linguistic and ...
A U Ilyina
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BASQUE LANGUAGE AND BASQUE TOPONYMY: INTERCULTURAL CONTACTS AND STANDARTISATION
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
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Metaphoric names in Bulgarian oronymy
The paper analyses a group od Bulgarian metaphorically motivated placenames, especially those derived from terms for human (head, nose, leg etc.) or animal (wing, horn, beak, hoof etc.) body parts.
Ljiljana Dimitrova-Todorova
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The main purpose of any geographical name is the fixation of a particular object or territory with a spatial reference on the earth’s surface. Regional toponymy is a priceless monument of spiritual culture of humanity, preserving the memory of the ...
S. A. Teslenok +3 more
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