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The Centre and the Name, readings in Beirut’s toponymy

open access: yes, 2018
Nous narrons la toponymie de Beyrouth, considérée comme partie intégrante de l’idéologie du corps politique du Liban, installé à Beyrouth depuis 1920. Nous commençons par une réflexion sur les rapports entre centre politique, ses principes fondateurs, et
Keilo, Jack
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Urban Toponymy as Flood Memory: Analyzing Water-Related Place Names in Jakarta, Indonesia

open access: yesForum for Linguistic Studies
Jakarta, Indonesia’s flood-prone capital, bears a hydrological legacy embedded in its place names (toponyms). This study examines how urban village toponyms reflect historical water-related landscapes and their implications for contemporary flood risk.
Asep Mulyadi   +6 more
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URBAN TOPONYMY AND COLLECTIVE MEMORY: A CASE OF LAW-ENFORCED DECOMMUNIZATION OF STREET NAMES IN POLAND

open access: yesLege artis Language yesterday today tomorrow, 2019
In April 2016, the Polish Parliament passed a law on decommunization. Its objective was to eliminate from Polish public space the names commemorating communism. The paper discusses the names, which were earmarked for change and presents means of implementing these changes.
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Toponymy on the periphery: placenames of the Eastern Desert, Red Sea, and South Sinai in Egyptian documents from the Early Dynastic until the end of the New Kingdom

open access: yes, 2015
Theoretical thesis.Bibliography: pages 373-410.Chapter 1. Toponymy and ancient history -- Chapter 2. Proper nouns and placenames in the Egyptian script -- Chapter 3. The historic, geographic and archaeological context -- Chapter 4.
Cooper, Julien
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Advances in biocultural geography of olive tree (Olea europaea L.) landscapes by merging biological and historical assays. [PDF]

open access: yesSci Rep, 2020
Russo G   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Toponymy of the Urban Area in the Context of Interdisciplinary Approaches to Czech Onomastic Research — Critical Remarks and Perspectives of Further Research

open access: yes, 2016
This study focuses on the current situation in Czech research of toponymy (place names), particularly urbanonymy (urban names, predominantly street names).
Jaroslav David
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