Toponymy, the Glossary
Toponymy, toponymics, or toponomastics is the study of toponyms (proper names of places, also known as place names and geographic names), including their origins, meanings, usage and types.[1]
Table of Contents
154 relations: Adrian Room, Albert Dauzat, Albert Hugh Smith, Andrew Breeze, Antarctic Place-names Commission, Anthroponymy, Ashgate Publishing, Athamas, August Heinrich Petermann, Black Sea, Cambridge University Press, Cartographica, Celtic toponymy, Charles Rostaing, Choronym, Cosmography, Dardanelles, Demonym, Dissolution of the Soviet Union, Earth, Eilert Ekwall, Endonym and exonym, Ernest Nègre, Ethnonym, Etiology, F. M. Powicke, Folk etymology, France, Frank Stenton, Gazetteer, Geographer, Geographic information system, Geographical feature, Geographical Names Board of Canada, Geographical Names Board of New South Wales, Geography, George R. Stewart, German toponymy, Germanic toponymy, Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names, Google Maps, Greece, Greek War of Independence, Gulf Cooperation Council, Hebraization of Palestinian place names, Helle (mythology), Henry Gannett, Henry Schoolcraft, Historical African place names, Historical revisionism, ... Expand index (104 more) »
Adrian Room
Adrian Richard West Room (27 September 1933, Melksham – 6 November 2010, Stamford, Lincolnshire)Contemporary Authors Online, Gale, 2002; accessed 20 May 2013.
Albert Dauzat
Albert Dauzat (4 July 1877 – 31 October 1955) was a French linguist specializing in toponymy and onomastics.
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Albert Hugh Smith
Albert Hugh Smith OBE (24 February 1903 – 11 May 1967) was a scholar of Old English and Scandinavian languages and played a major part in the study and publication of English place-names.
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Andrew Breeze
Andrew Breeze FRHistS FSA (born 1954), has been professor of philology at the University of Navarra since 1987.
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Antarctic Place-names Commission
The Antarctic Place-names Commission was established by the Bulgarian Antarctic Institute in 1994, and since 2001 has been a body affiliated with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria.
See Toponymy and Antarctic Place-names Commission
Anthroponymy
Anthroponymy (also anthroponymics or anthroponomastics, from Ancient Greek ἄνθρωπος anthrōpos / 'human', and ὄνομα onoma / 'name') is the study of anthroponyms, the proper names of human beings, both individual and collective.
Ashgate Publishing
Ashgate Publishing was an academic book and journal publisher based in Farnham (Surrey, United Kingdom).
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Athamas
In Greek mythology, Athamas (Athámas) was a Boeotian king.
August Heinrich Petermann
Augustus Heinrich Petermann (18 April 182225 September 1878) was a German cartographer.
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Black Sea
The Black Sea is a marginal mediterranean sea lying between Europe and Asia, east of the Balkans, south of the East European Plain, west of the Caucasus, and north of Anatolia.
Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press is the university press of the University of Cambridge.
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Cartographica
The Cartographica is the official publication of the Canadian Cartographic Association, in affiliation with the International Cartographic Association.
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Celtic toponymy
Celtic toponymy is the study of place names wholly or partially of Celtic origin.
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Charles Rostaing
Charles Rostaing (9 October 1904 – 24 April 1999) was a French linguist who specialised in toponymy.
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Choronym
Choronym (from χώρα "region" or "country" and ὄνομα "name") is a linguistic term that designates a proper name of an individual region or a country.
Cosmography
The term cosmography has two distinct meanings: traditionally it has been the protoscience of mapping the general features of the cosmos, heaven and Earth; more recently, it has been used to describe the ongoing effort to determine the large-scale features of the observable universe.
Dardanelles
The Dardanelles (lit; translit), also known as the Strait of Gallipoli (after the Gallipoli peninsula) and in Classical Antiquity as the Hellespont (Helle), is a narrow, natural strait and internationally significant waterway in northwestern Turkey that forms part of the continental boundary between Asia and Europe and separates Asian Turkey from European Turkey.
Demonym
A demonym or gentilic is a word that identifies a group of people (inhabitants, residents, natives) in relation to a particular place.
Dissolution of the Soviet Union
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was formally dissolved as a sovereign state and subject of international law on 26 December 1991 by Declaration № 142-Н of the Soviet of the Republics of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union.
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Earth
Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor life.
Eilert Ekwall
Bror Oscar Eilert Ekwall (8 January 1877 in Vallsjö – 23 November 1964 in Lund) was a Swedish academic, Professor of English at Sweden's Lund University from 1909 to 1942 and one of the outstanding scholars of the English language in the first half of the 20th century.
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Endonym and exonym
An endonym (also known as autonym) is a common, native name for a group of people, individual person, geographical place, language or dialect, meaning that it is used inside a particular group or linguistic community to identify or designate themselves, their homeland, or their language.
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Ernest Nègre
Ernest Angély Séraphin Nègre (11 October 1907 – 15 April 2000) was a French toponymist.
Ethnonym
An ethnonym is a name applied to a given ethnic group.
Etiology
Etiology (alternatively spelled aetiology or ætiology) is the study of causation or origination.
F. M. Powicke
Sir Frederick Maurice Powicke (16 June 1879 – 19 May 1963) was an English medieval historian. He was a fellow of Merton College, Oxford, a professor at Queen's University, Belfast, and the Victoria University of Manchester, and from 1928 until his retirement Regius Professor at the University of Oxford.
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Folk etymology
Folk etymology – also known as (generative) popular etymology, analogical reformation, (morphological) reanalysis and etymological reinterpretation – is a change in a word or phrase resulting from the replacement of an unfamiliar form by a more familiar one through popular usage.
See Toponymy and Folk etymology
France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.
Frank Stenton
Sir Frank Merry Stenton FBA (17 May 1880 – 15 September 1967) was an English historian of Anglo-Saxon England, a professor of history at the University of Reading (1926–1946), president of the Royal Historical Society (1937–1945), Reading University's vice-chancellor (1946–1950).
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Gazetteer
A gazetteer is a geographical dictionary or directory used in conjunction with a map or atlas.
Geographer
A geographer is a physical scientist, social scientist or humanist whose area of study is geography, the study of Earth's natural environment and human society, including how society and nature interacts.
Geographic information system
A geographic information system (GIS) consists of integrated computer hardware and software that store, manage, analyze, edit, output, and visualize geographic data.
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Geographical feature
A feature (also called an object or entity), in the context of geography and geographic information science, is a discrete phenomenon that exists at a location in the space and scale of relevance to geography; that is, at or near the surface of Earth.
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Geographical Names Board of Canada
The Geographical Names Board of Canada (GNBC) is a national committee with a secretariat in Natural Resources Canada, part of the Government of Canada, which authorizes the names used and name changes on official federal government maps of Canada.
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Geographical Names Board of New South Wales
The Geographical Names Board of New South Wales, a statutory authority of the Department of Customer Service in the Government of New South Wales, is the official body for naming and recording details of places and geographical names in the state of New South Wales, Australia.
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Geography
Geography (from Ancient Greek γεωγραφία; combining 'Earth' and 'write') is the study of the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth.
George R. Stewart
George Rippey Stewart Jr. (May 31, 1895 – August 22, 1980) was an American historian, toponymist, novelist, and a professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley.
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German toponymy
Placenames in the German language area can be classified by the language from which they originate, and by era.
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Germanic toponymy
Germanic toponyms are the names given to places by Germanic peoples and tribes.
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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
The Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names (abbreviated TGN) is a product of the J. Paul Getty Trust included in the Getty Vocabulary Program.
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Google Maps
Google Maps is a web mapping platform and consumer application offered by Google.
Greece
Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe.
Greek War of Independence
The Greek War of Independence, also known as the Greek Revolution or the Greek Revolution of 1821, was a successful war of independence by Greek revolutionaries against the Ottoman Empire between 1821 and 1829.
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Gulf Cooperation Council
The Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (مجلس التعاون لدول الخلیج العربية.), also known as the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC; مجلس التعاون الخليجي), is a regional, intergovernmental, political, and economic union comprising Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates.
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Hebraization of Palestinian place names
Hebrew-language names were coined for the place-names of Palestine throughout different periods under the British Mandate; after the establishment of Israel following the 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight and 1948 Arab–Israeli War; and subsequently in the Palestinian territories occupied by Israel in 1967.
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Helle (mythology)
Helle, or Ellie, sometimes also called ("daughter of Athamas"), was a character in Greek mythology who figured prominently in the story of Jason and the Argonauts.
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Henry Gannett
Henry Gannett (August 24, 1846 – November 5, 1914) was an American geographer who is described as the "father of mapmaking in America."Evans, Richard Tranter; Frye, Helen M. (2009).
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Henry Schoolcraft
Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (March 28, 1793 – December 10, 1864) was an American geographer, geologist, and ethnologist, noted for his early studies of Native American cultures, as well as for his 1832 expedition to the source of the Mississippi River.
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Historical African place names
This is a list of historical African place names.
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Historical revisionism
In historiography, historical revisionism is the reinterpretation of a historical account.
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Hydronym
A hydronym (from ὕδρω, hydrō, "water" and ὄνομα, onoma, "name") is a type of toponym that designates a proper name of a body of water.
Indigenous mapping
Indigenous mapping is a practice where Indigenous communities own, control, access, and possess both the geographic information and mapping processes.
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Indigenous peoples
There is no generally accepted definition of Indigenous peoples, although in the 21st century the focus has been on self-identification, cultural difference from other groups in a state, a special relationship with their traditional territory, and an experience of subjugation and discrimination under a dominant cultural model.
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Internet Archive
The Internet Archive is an American nonprofit digital library founded in 1996 by Brewster Kahle.
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Isaac Taylor (priest)
Isaac Taylor (2 May 1829 – 18 October 1901), son of Isaac Taylor, was a philologist, toponymist, and Anglican canon of York (from 1885).
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James Hammond Trumbull
James Hammond Trumbull (December 20, 1821 – August 5, 1897) was an American historian, philologist, bibliographer, and politician.
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Jan Paul Strid
Jan Paul Strid (July 15, 1947 – December 25, 2018) was a Swedish toponymist who was Professor of Linguistics at Linköping University.
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Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia, located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland.
Joan Coromines
Joan Coromines i Vigneaux (also frequently spelled Joan Corominas;Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico, by Joan Corominas and José Antonio Pascual, Editorial Gredos, 1989, Madrid,. Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain 1905 – Pineda de Mar, Catalonia, Spain, 1997) was a linguist who made important contributions to the study of Catalan, Spanish, and other Romance languages.
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Korea
Korea (translit in South Korea, or label in North Korea) is a peninsular region in East Asia consisting of the Korean Peninsula (label in South Korea, or label in North Korea), Jeju Island, and smaller islands.
Language Sciences
Language Sciences is a peer-reviewed journal published six times a year by Elsevier.
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List of adjectival and demonymic forms of place names
The following is a partial list of adjectival forms of place names in English and their demonymic equivalents, which denote the people or the inhabitants of these places.
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List of biblical place names in North America
North America has numerous places named after biblical towns and places.
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List of demonyms for US states and territories
This is a list of demonyms used to designate the citizens of specific states, federal district, and territories of the United States of America.
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List of double placenames
Double placenames prominently feature the placenames of two or more constituents in double-barrelled form rather than invent a new name.
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List of English exonyms for German toponyms
This list is a compilation of German toponyms (i.e., names of cities, regions, rivers, mountains and other geographical features situated in a German-speaking area) that have traditional English-language exonyms.
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List of generic forms in place names in the British Isles
This article lists a number of common generic forms in place names in the British Isles, their meanings and some examples of their use.
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List of geographic acronyms and initialisms
This is a list of geographic acronyms and initialisms.
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List of geographic anagrams and anadromes
These are geographic anagrams and anadromes.
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List of geographic portmanteaus
This is a list of geographic portmanteaus.
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List of irregularly spelled English names
This is a set of lists of English personal and place names having spellings that are counterintuitive to their pronunciation because the spelling does not accord with conventional pronunciation associations.
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List of Korean placename etymologies
Korean place name etymologies are based upon a large linguistic background of Chinese, Japanese and Old Korean influence and history.
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List of Latin names of countries
This list includes the Roman names of countries, or significant regions, known to the Roman Empire.
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List of Latin place names in Britain
This list includes places in Great Britain (including neighbouring islands such as the Isle of Man), some of which were part of the Roman Empire, or were later given Latin place names in historical references.
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List of Latin place names in Continental Europe, Ireland and Scandinavia
This list includes European countries and regions that were part of the Roman Empire, or that were given Latin place names in historical references.
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List of long place names
This is a list of long place names.
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List of modern names for biblical place names
While a number of biblical place names like Jerusalem, Athens, Damascus, Alexandria, Babylon and Rome have been used for centuries, some have changed over the years.
See Toponymy and List of modern names for biblical place names
List of names of European cities in different languages
Many cities in Europe have different names in different languages.
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List of place names in Canada of Indigenous origin
This list of place names in Canada of Indigenous origin contains Canadian places whose names originate from the words of the First Nations, Métis, or Inuit, collectively referred to as Indigenous Peoples.
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List of places named after Joseph Stalin
During Joseph Stalin's rule (1922–1953), many places, mostly cities, in the Soviet Union and other communist countries were named or renamed in honour of him as part of the cult of personality surrounding him.
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List of places named after peace
The following is a list of geographic names denoting the concept of peace, in their respective language.
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List of places named after people
There are a number of places named after famous people.
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List of places named after Vladimir Lenin
This is a list of places which are named or renamed after Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, better known by his alias Lenin.
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List of places named for their main products
The following places were named for their main products.
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List of renamed places in the United States
These are the list of renamed places in the United States --- various political and physical entities in the U.S. that have had their names changed, though not by merger, split, or any other process which was not one-to-one.
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List of river name etymologies
This article lists the various etymologies (origins) of the names of rivers around the world.
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List of Roman place names in Britain
A partial list of Roman place names in Great Britain.
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List of short place names
This is a list of short place names, natively in Latin characters or romanized, with one or two letters.
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List of state and territory name etymologies of the United States
The fifty U.S. states, the District of Columbia, the five inhabited U.S. territories, and the U.S. Minor Outlying Islands have taken their names from a wide variety of languages.
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List of Swedish place names in the United States
This is a list of Swedish place names in the United States.
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List of tautological place names
A place name is tautological if two differently sounding parts of it are synonymous.
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List of U.S. state and territory nicknames
The following is a table of U.S. state, federal district and territory nicknames, including officially adopted nicknames and other traditional nicknames for the 50 U.S. states, the U.S. federal district, as well as five U.S. territories.
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List of United Kingdom county name etymologies
This toponymical list of counties of the United Kingdom is a list of the origins of the names of counties of the United Kingdom.
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List of United Kingdom locations
A gazetteer of place names in the United Kingdom showing each place's county, unitary authority or council area and its geographical coordinates.
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List of words derived from toponyms
This is a list of English language words derived from toponyms, followed by the place name it derives from.
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Lists of places
Here is a list of places on Earth, based on specific categories.
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Lists of things named after places
* List of chess openings named after places.
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Macedonia (Greece)
Macedonia (Makedonía) is a geographic and former administrative region of Greece, in the southern Balkans.
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Macedonia naming dispute
The use of the country name "Macedonia" was disputed between Greece and the Republic of Macedonia (now North Macedonia) between 1991 and 2019.
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Maghreb place name etymology
The place names of the Maghreb come from a variety of origins, mostly Arabic and Berber, but including a few derived from Phoenician, Latin, and several other languages.
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Marcel Aurousseau
Marcel Aurousseau MC C. de G. (19 April 1891 in Woollahra, Sydney – 22 August 1983 in Sydney) was an Australian geographer, geologist, war hero, historian and translator.
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Margaret Gelling
Margaret Joy Gelling, (née Midgley; 29 November 1924 – 24 April 2009) was an English toponymist, known for her extensive studies of English place-names.
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Michel Grosclaude
Michel Grosclaude (Miquèu; 1926–2002) was a French linguist, and an author of works on grammar, lexicography and Occitan onomastics.
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Names (journal)
Names is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal that is devoted to the scholarly investigation of names and naming (onomastics). Established in 1952, this open-access journal is.
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New Zealand Geographic Board
The New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa (NZGB) has authority over geographical and hydrographic names within New Zealand and its territorial waters.
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New Zealand place names
Most New Zealand place names have a Māori or a British origin.
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Norman toponymy
Placenames in Normandy have a variety of origins.
See Toponymy and Norman toponymy
Oeconym
An oeconym, also econym, or oikonym (from οἶκος, oîkos, 'house, dwelling' and ὄνυμα, ónuma, 'name') is a specific type of toponym that designates a proper name of a house or any other residential building, and in the broader sense, the term also refers to the proper name of any inhabited settlement, like village, town or city.
Oikonyms in Western and South Asia
Oikonyms in Western, Central, South, and Southeast Asia can be grouped according to various components, reflecting common linguistic and cultural histories.
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Old European hydronymy
Old European (Alteuropäisch) is the term used by Hans Krahe (1964) for the language of the oldest reconstructed stratum of European hydronymy (river names) in Central and Western Europe.
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Oliver Padel
Oliver James Padel (born 31 October 1948 in St Pancras, London, England) is an English medievalist and toponymist specializing in Welsh and Cornish studies.
Onomastics
Onomastics (or, in older texts, onomatology) is the study of the etymology, history, and use of proper names.
Oxford English Dictionary
The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is the principal historical dictionary of the English language, published by Oxford University Press (OUP), a University of Oxford publishing house.
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Pelasgians
The name Pelasgians (Pelasgoí, singular: Πελασγός Pelasgós) was used by Classical Greek writers to refer either to the predecessors of the Greeks, or to all the inhabitants of Greece before the emergence of the Greeks.
Persian Gulf naming dispute
Iran and the Arab countries have been involved in a long-running geographical naming dispute over what has been historically and internationally known as the Persian Gulf.
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Philology
Philology is the study of language in oral and written historical sources.
Phrixus
In Greek mythology Phrixus (also spelt Phryxus; Phrixos means "standing on end, bristling") was the son of Athamas, king of Boeotia, and Nephele (a goddess of clouds).
Place names in Ireland
The vast majority of placenames in Ireland are anglicisations of Irish language names; that is, adaptations of the Irish names to English phonology and spelling.
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Place names in Japan
Japanese place names include names for geographic features, present and former administrative divisions, transportation facilities such as railroad stations, and historic sites in Japan.
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Place names of Palestine
Many place names in Palestine were Arabized forms of ancient Hebrew and Canaanite place-names used in biblical times or later Aramaic formations.
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Planetary nomenclature
Planetary nomenclature, like terrestrial nomenclature, is a system of uniquely identifying features on the surface of a planet or natural satellite so that the features can be easily located, described, and discussed.
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Pontus (region)
Pontus or Pontos (translit) is a region on the southern coast of the Black Sea, located in the modern-day eastern Black Sea Region of Turkey.
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Postcolonialism
Postcolonialism (also post-colonial theory) is the critical academic study of the cultural, political and economic legacy of colonialism and imperialism, focusing on the impact of human control and exploitation of colonized people and their lands.
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Proper noun
A proper noun is a noun that identifies a single entity and is used to refer to that entity (Africa; Jupiter; Sarah; Walmart) as distinguished from a common noun, which is a noun that refers to a class of entities (continent, planet, person, corporation) and may be used when referring to instances of a specific class (a continent, another planet, these persons, our corporation).
Richard Coates
Richard Coates (born 16 April 1949, in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, and educated at Wintringham School) is an English linguist.
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Rivers of classical antiquity
Following is a list of rivers of classical antiquity stating the Latin name, the equivalent English name, and also, in some cases, Greek and local name.
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Robert L. Ramsay (academic)
Robert Lee Ramsay (December 14, 1880 – December 14, 1953) was a professor of English at the University of Missouri from 1907 to 1952.
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Russian nationalism
Russian nationalism is a form of nationalism that promotes Russian cultural identity and unity.
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Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the second-largest city in Russia after Moscow.
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Sea of Japan naming dispute
A dispute exists over the international name for the body of water which is bordered by Japan, Korea (North and South) and Russia.
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South African Geographical Names Council
The South African Geographical Names Council (SAGNC) is the official government body of South Africa that advises the executive branch of the central government (in the form of the Minister of Arts and Culture) on new geographical names as well as the changing of existing geographical names.
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Sri Lankan place name etymology
Sri Lankan place name etymology is characterized by the linguistic and ethnic diversity of the island of Sri Lanka through the ages and the position of the country in the centre of ancient and medieval sea trade routes.
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Street name
A street name is an identifying name given to a street or road.
Terrain
Terrain or relief (also topographical relief) involves the vertical and horizontal dimensions of land surface.
Territorial designation
In the United Kingdom, a territorial designation follows modern peerage titles, linking them to a specific place or places.
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The English Historical Review
The English Historical Review is a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal that was established in 1886 and published by Oxford University Press (formerly by Longman).
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Theodor von Heuglin
Martin Theodor von Heuglin (20 March 1824, Hirschlanden, Württemberg5 November 1876), was a German explorer and ornithologist.
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Toponymic surname
A toponymic surname or habitational surname or byname is a surname or byname derived from a place name,, by Benjamin Z. Kedar.
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Toponyms of Finland
The toponyms of Finland result mainly from the legacy left by three linguistic heritages: the Finnish language (spoken as first language by about 93% of the population), the Swedish language (about 5.5%) and Sami languages (about 0.03%).
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Toponyms of Turkey
The toponyms of Turkey result from the legacy left by several linguistic heritages: the Turkish language (spoken as first language by the majority of the population), the Greek language, the Armenian language, the Kurdish language, the Laz language as well as several other languages once spoken widely in Turkey.
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Toponymy in the United Kingdom and Ireland
Great Britain and Ireland have a very varied toponymy due to the different settlement patterns, political and linguistic histories.
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Toponymy of the Kerguelen Islands
The Kerguelen Islands, an archipelago in the southern Indian Ocean, were discovered uninhabited on February 12, 1772 by Breton navigator Yves Joseph de Kerguelen de Trémarec, and have remained without a permanent population ever since.
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Typography (cartography)
Typography, as an aspect of cartographic design, is the craft of designing and placing text on a map in support of the map symbols, together representing geographic features and their properties.
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United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) is part of the United Nations Secretariat and is responsible for the follow-up to major United Nations Summits and Conferences, as well as services to the United Nations Economic and Social Council and the Second and Third Committees of the United Nations General Assembly.
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United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names
The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names (UNGEGN) is one of the nine expert groups of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and deals with the national and international standardization of geographical names.
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United States Board on Geographic Names
The United States Board on Geographic Names (BGN) is a federal body operating under the United States Secretary of the Interior.
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University of Nottingham
The University of Nottingham is a public research university in Nottingham, England.
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University of Silesia in Katowice
The University of Silesia in Katowice (Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach, UŚ) is an autonomous state-run university in Katowice, Silesia Province, Poland.
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Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (1870 – 21 January 1924), better known as Vladimir Lenin, was a Russian revolutionary, politician and political theorist.
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W. F. H. Nicolaisen
Wilhelm Fritz Hermann Nicolaisen (13 June 1927 – 15 February 2016) was a folklorist, linguist, medievalist, scholar of onomastics and literature, educator, and author with specialties in Scottish and American studies.
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Walter William Skeat
Walter William Skeat, (21 November 18356 October 1912) was a British philologist and Anglican deacon.
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Welsh toponymy
The place-names of Wales derive in most cases from the Welsh language, but have also been influenced by linguistic contact with the Romans, Anglo-Saxons, Vikings, Anglo-Normans and modern English.
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William J. Watson
William John Watson FRSE LLD (1865 – 9 March 1948) was a toponymist, one of the greatest Scottish scholars of the 20th century, and was the first scholar to place the study of Scottish place names on a firm linguistic basis.
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William O. Bright
William Oliver Bright (August 13, 1928 – October 15, 2006) was an American linguist and toponymist who specialized in Native American and South Asian languages and descriptive linguistics.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toponymy
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