Châteauneuf or Châtelneuf, a translation of Castelnau in Occitan. In the Norman toponymy, the most widespread appellative is -ville or Ville-, with an estimated...
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Toponymy, toponymics, or toponomastics is the study of toponyms (proper names of places, also known as place names and geographic names), including their...
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The toponymy of England derives from a variety of linguistic origins. Many English toponyms have been corrupted and broken down over the years, due to...
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"clapoter" which means the same thing. Norman edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Norman toponymy Joret line Norman at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) "Voices...
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names Dutch names German names Norman toponymy (includes Old Norse placenames in Normandy) German toponymy Celtic toponymy Placenames in the United Kingdom...
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linguistic contact with the Romans, Anglo-Saxons, Vikings, Anglo-Normans and modern English. Toponymy in Wales reveals significant features of the country's history...
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List of generic forms in place names in the British Isles (category English toponymy)
names is called toponymy; for a more detailed examination of this subject in relation to British and Irish place names, refer to Toponymy in the United...
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Great Britain and Ireland have a very varied toponymy due to the different settlement patterns, political and linguistic histories. In addition to the...
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Normandy (category Articles containing Norman-language text)
archeological excavations about the Vikings were done in Normandy, the Norman toponymy retains a large Scandinavian and Anglo-Scandinavian heritage, due to...
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Norman toponymy "-ville" place name casts doubts on this explication. It could be the name of an unidentified Germanic individual. Quebec's toponymy commission...
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Sark (category Articles containing Norman-language text)
descriptive landmark for Saxon or Scandinavian sailors. In addition Norman toponymy reveals a mixture of (Anglo-)Saxon and Old Norse (Old Danish) place...
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-hou (category Norman language)
-hou or hou is a place-name element found commonly in the Norman toponymy of the Channel Islands and continental Normandy. Its etymology and meaning are...
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colonization can be seen in the Norman toponymy and in the changes in popular family names. Today, nordmann (pron. Norman) in the Norwegian language denotes...
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of Old Norse origin for further explanations on specific words. See Norman toponymy. Henriksen, Louise Kæmpe: Nordic place names in Europe Archived 22...
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borrowed from Old Norse or Old Danish. More than the language itself, the Norman toponymy retains a strong Nordic influence. Nevertheless, only a few archaeological...
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Place names in Ireland (redirect from Irish toponymy)
place names in other countries List of Irish exonyms Scottish toponymy Welsh toponymy Place names in Ireland Éire Ireland List of islands of Ireland...
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Jèrriais (redirect from Jersey Norman)
and Jersey Norman French in English) is a Romance language and the traditional language of the Jersey people. It is a form of the Norman language spoken...
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explains why there are typical Old English place name elements in the Norman toponymy, for example: croft > crot > croc(q): Vannecrocq (Wanescrotum 11th...
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Cornwall (redirect from Toponymy of Cornwall)
Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex, eventually being pushed west of the Tamar; by the Norman Conquest Cornwall was administered as part of England, though it retained...
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Name of Sweden (redirect from Toponymy of Sweden)
Olai in his Chronica regni Gothorum (c. 1470) notes the similarity in toponymy, Swycia, quasi Suecia. This tradition was taken seriously in 19th-century...
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Houle (geomorphology) (category Norman language)
"to get out of one's bed or hole with difficulty" (Pays de Caux). In Norman toponymy, the radical hol- is frequently found in compounds, but also in its...
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Cumbrian toponymy refers to the study of place names in Cumbria, a county in North West England, and as a result of the spread of the ancient Cumbric language...
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Dena lagu) was the part of England between the early tenth century and the Norman Conquest in which the laws of the Danes held sway. The Danelaw originated...
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'piece of land, probably triangular' > gaire, is well attested in Norman toponymy, generally it gave the microtoponyms La Gare or La Guerre. Communes...
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Name of Jersey (category Articles containing Norman-language text)
discusses the names of the other Channel Islands. History of Jersey Norman toponymy -hou "www.gov.je – Welcome to the States of Jersey website". States...
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Kenora (redirect from Norman, Kenora District, Ontario)
neighbouring towns of Keewatin and Norman to form the present-day City of Kenora. In 2001, the towns of Kenora (including Norman) and Keewatin as well as the...
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English Place-Name Society (category English toponymy)
Society (EPNS) is a learned society concerned with toponomastics and the toponymy of England, in other words, the study of place-names (toponyms). Its scholars...
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Name of France (redirect from Toponymy of France)
Scandinavian invaders; it was used later in the twelfth century for the Anglo-Normans. Under the reign of the Franks' Kings Clovis I, Charles Martel, Pepin the...
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Shamhráin. Celtic toponymy Irish name Place names in Ireland Germanic name Scottish Gaelic name Scottish toponymy Welsh surnames Welsh toponymy Families of...
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