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  2. Toponymy - Wikipedia

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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 origins, meanings, usage and types.

  3. Toponym resolution - Wikipedia

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    In geographic information systems, toponym resolution is the relationship process between a toponym, i.e. the mention of a place, and an unambiguous spatial footprint of the same place. [ 1 ] The places mentioned in digitized text collections constitute a rich data source for researchers in many disciplines.

  4. Geographical renaming - Wikipedia

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    The name change was due to the unflattering meaning of the original toponym (something like "Little dirty one"). Astana, Kazakhstan – renamed Nur-Sultan from 2019 to 2022. Kazakhstan's legislature passed a law on 20 March 2019 to rename the Central Asian nation's capital city from Astana to Nur-Sultan.

  5. Toponymy of England - Wikipedia

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    Land use patterns do not appreciably change from the Bronze Age, suggesting that the population remained in situ. [3] The evidence from this period, mainly in the form of place-names and personal names, makes it clear that a Celtic language, called Common Brittonic, was spoken across what came to be England by the Late Iron Age. At what point ...

  6. Geographical name changes in Greece - Wikipedia

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    Map of Greece. The Greek state has systematically pursued a policy of Hellenisation following its independence from the Ottoman Empire in the early 1830s. [1] [2] This ideology included replacing all geographical and topographic names with revived names rooted in Classical Greece – that is, any name deemed foreign, divisive against Greek unity, or considered to be "bad Greek" was hidden or ...

  7. Why Experts Say Knowing Your Face Shape Could Change Your ...

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    The easiest way to find your shape—or what category it's generally closest to—is to measure your face in certain spots with a soft measuring tape that can easily rest on your contours, says ...

  8. Correspondence of Lorraine toponyms in French and German

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    Here, the Germanization of the toponym is an indisputable fact (Fresnes - Eschen). The locals were forced to change their names. This is why it must always be borne in mind that the phenomenon of "Germanization" does not cover the same thing depending on whether you start from an original Romanesque or historically Germanic toponym.

  9. 8 carnivore diet myths debunked by researcher - AOL

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    "Some people even see LDL cholesterol and ApoB decrease, and many don't see any change," he says in the video. There are many risk factors for heart disease beyond cholesterol, Norwitz noted.These ...