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The exact application of a toponym, its specific language, its pronunciation, and its origins and meaning are all important facts to be recorded during name surveys. Scholars have found that toponyms provide valuable insight into the historical geography of a particular region.
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 ...
The name change was justified by the resemblance of the old toponym with the word punheta (Portuguese for "hand job"). Dhaka, Bangladesh – previously Dacca; Daegu – spelt Taegu prior to the official adoption of the Revised Romanization by the South Korean Government in 2000. In ancient times, Dalgubeol (달구벌/達句伐)
Honiton, a form of lace, after the town in Devon (England) where it is produced; Holland, cotton or linen fabric — Holland; iliad — a long narrative poem, or a series of woes, trials, etc.; both derive from the Homeric epic Iliad, literally meaning "of Ilium" (or Troy) Indian, the aboriginal peoples of the New World, after India
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.
However the "Rhine" example is the most problematic example since "Rhine" is aslo the name of the river valley amoung other things. In this case the most famous and widely used example of the word is used for the Rhine entry (this is similar to reasoning behind having the home of Paris, France at Paris). Hope this helps. --maveric149
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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 old and modern varieties of English, Scottish and Irish Gaelic and Welsh, many other languages and cultures have influenced geographical names including Anglo-Normans, Anglo-Saxons, Romans and Vikings.