hydronym (from Greek: ὕδρω, hydrō, "water" and ὄνομα, onoma, "name") is a type of toponym that designates a proper name of a body of water. Hydronyms...
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Manzanares (river) (section Hydronym)
The Manzanares (Spanish pronunciation: [manθaˈnaɾes]) is a river in the centre of the Iberian Peninsula, which flows from the Sierra de Guadarrama, passes...
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Old European hydronymy (redirect from Old European hydronym)
The tables "Comparison of old European hydronyms" show that, in contradiction to Krahe's opinion, hydronyms (and toponyms) can in some cases very well...
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'(He) from the Tiber' < *Tiferis 'Tiber') and Teperie (via the Latin hydronym Tiber). Legendary king Tiberinus, ninth in the king-list of Alba Longa...
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or the Yakutsk fortress. The first version of the toponym came from the hydronym "Lena", the second, from "Yakutia", a synonym for Sakha, eventually became...
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Name of a... Name of name Any geographical object Toponym Body of water Hydronym Mountain or hill Oronym Region or country Choronym Any inhabited locality...
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refer to it as Волга-матушка Volga-Matushka (Mother Volga). The Russian hydronym Volga (Волга) derives from Proto-Slavic *vòlga 'wetness, moisture', which...
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by the Roma. The term Baltic stems from the name of the Baltic Sea – a hydronym dating back to at least 3rd century B.C. (when Erastothenes mentioned Baltia...
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organisation, while those pertaining to trade are all loaned or innovated. Hydronyms present a complicated picture; the term for "sea" (det) is native and...
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from hydronyms, linguists have searched for its origin among local hydronyms. Usually, such names evolved through the following process: hydronym → toponym...
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in these regions is found in hydronyms (names of bodies of water) that are characteristically Baltic. The use of hydronyms is generally accepted to determine...
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Saint John River (Bay of Fundy) (section Hydronym)
The Saint John River (French: fleuve Saint-Jean; Maliseet-Passamaquoddy: Wolastoq) is a 673-kilometre-long (418 mi) river flowing within the Dawnland region...
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Europe, the latter with proposed material cultures correlating to speakers of Balto-Slavic in the Bronze Age (white). Red dots = archaic Slavic hydronyms...
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down about three thousand years earlier in c. 1450 BC). According to hydronyms of Baltic origin, the Baltic languages were spoken in a large area east...
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Lužice; it could then also be compared to Luze in Franche-Comté and various hydronyms such as Louge. Further down, in the current Saint-Vincent district, was...
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pre-Latin theme ab-ên with the suffix -i-ōn(e). This theme would be a hydronym—i.e. a name linked to the river (Rhône), but perhaps also an oronym of...
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dialectic continuum (purple) with proposed material cultures correlating to speakers Balto-Slavic in Bronze Age (white). Red dots = archaic Slavic hydronyms...
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Savinja (section Hydronym and etymology)
in 980 as Sovuina) is derived from *Savьn′a, in turn derived from the hydronym Sava, of which it is a tributary. The German name Sann was attested later...
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society or culture. Ancient Greek personal names Extinction of surnames Hydronym Mononymous persons Naming convention -onym, listing the technical kinds...
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Myesyats; and Irish Danu with Hindu Danu and the namesake of multiple hydronyms such as the Danube, Don, and Dnieper. After the Roman Empire's conquest...
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coastal features, littoral flora or fauna or saltwater fish. Proto-Slavic hydronyms have been preserved between the source of the Vistula and the middle basin...
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Pytheas' account of remote nations cannot be trusted. Krahe (1964) claims the hydronym as "Old European", i.e. belonging to the oldest Indo-European layer of...
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Toponyms of Turkey (section Hydronyms of Turkey)
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be derived from the eponymous river Bosna; believed to be a pre-Slavic hydronym in origin and possibly mentioned for the first time during the 1st century...
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castle (vár) on the Timiș River (Temes). Timiș belongs to the family of hydronyms derived from the Indo-European radical thib "swamp". The Romanian and...
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via Lake Zurich, the Sihl in Zürich, and the Reppisch in Dietikon. The hydronym is first attested in the 8th century, as Lindimacus. It is of Gaulish origin...
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Sudzha (river) (section Hydronym)
The Sudzha River (Russian: Суджа) is a river in Russia, the right tributary of the Psel, which flows through the Bolshesoldatsky and Sudzhansky districts...
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