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The processes by which place names change include abbreviation, conflation, convergence, development in the parent language (but stasis in the place name [vague]) and replacement of the parent language. The latter in particular can result in dramatic shifts in place names, since the original meaning (and often sounds) are not conveyed in the ...
It's rolling out an update to Google Maps on Android and iOS that can speak place names in the local language. You can point a driver to a Japanese cultural center or a Spanish tapas bar without ...
A key to English place-names from the Institute for Name Studies, Nottingham; University of Wales Place-name Research Centre; Place-names and the Scots language: the marches of lexical and onomastic research; Domesday Book place-name forms—All the original spellings of English place-names in the Domesday Book (link to PDF file).
The origins of British place names (archived 1 March 2012) An Index to the Historical Place Names of Cornwall; Celtic toponymy (archived 10 February 2012) The Doukhobor Gazetteer, Doukhobor Heritage website, by Jonathan Kalmakoff. O'Brien Jr., Francis J. (Moondancer) "Indian Place Names—Aquidneck Indian Council" Ghana Place Names
This list includes European countries and regions that were part of the Roman Empire, or that were given Latin place names in historical references.As a large portion of the latter were only created during the Middle Ages, often based on scholarly etiology, this is not to be confused with a list of the actual names modern regions and settlements bore during the classical era.
The introductory chapter defines and presents the basics of toponymy and toponomastics. The second chapter Language Change explores how toponyms, despite their status as linguistic fossils, are subject to both internal and external forces of language change, and demonstrates their crucial role in deciphering ancient writing systems like Linear B and potentially unlocking the secrets of ...
Google Maps' location tracking is regarded by some as a threat to users' privacy, with Dylan Tweney of VentureBeat writing in August 2014 that "Google is probably logging your location, step by step, via Google Maps", and linked users to Google's location history map, which "lets you see the path you've traced for any given day that your ...
This article lists a number of common generic forms in place names in the British Isles, their meanings and some examples of their use. The study of place 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 Kingdom and Ireland .