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Historic placenames as a source in identifying bygone faunal distributions: a double-edged sword Open
The purpose of this article is to exemplify how certain types of historic toponyms (placenames) can be employed as an aide to biogeographers in revealing past distributions of species and ecosystems, but also the need for additional interr…
The Flag-waving Names of Ocean Liners Open
Proper names not only serve as identifiers of people, places and other entities, they may also function as markers of personal and national identity. Eponymous and toponymous names of ships often function as metaphors or metonyms, signifyi…
Revised Typology of Place-Naming Open
A functional and systematic typology of toponyms is an essential instrument for the toponymist wishing to investigate the naming practices and patterns of a region. To this end, the Australian National Placenames Survey developed a toponym…
<i>Miegunyah</i>: From bark huts to grand houses and a Fiji cane farm Open
Indigenous loanwords comprise an important component of the lexicons of the Englishes of former British colonies. Often these words are used as placenames, which are in turn transported across the country with little knowledge of their ori…
Simplex Generic Toponyms in Four English-speaking Jurisdictions Open
Toponymic literature generally recognizes three main structures in English: those with a specific + generic element (e.g. Tweed River, Mount White); those that consist of a specific element alone (e.g. Perth, Washington); and less commonly…
The 1705 van Delft expedition to northern Australia: a toponymic perspective Open
During the 17th and 18th centuries the Dutch were quite active in exploring the western and northern coastlines of the Great Southland. Of one of these expeditions, conducted by Maerten van Delft in 1705, intelligence is limited and it is …
Indigenous toponymy - Part 3 Open
Yo Yo Creek flows for about 57km east-west just south of Augathella and north of Charleville (Qld), and runs into the Warrego River near the Mitchell Highway. Yo Yo Creek (South Branch) runs \nalmost nor-nor-west, parallel to the Landsboro…
All over the compass: Those CCP placenames Open
Australia�s States and Territories use various cadastral divisions as a basis for the formal identification and location of pieces of land. Victoria is typical in that its major division is that of counties, which are further divided into …
A Clash of Names: The Terminological Morass of a Toponym Class Open
There are place names all around the world formed by a combination of two elements, a specific and a generic, both of which refer to the same geographic feature type. A typical pattern is for an indigenous generic functioning as a specific…
What’s in a Demonym? A Note on a New and Uplifting Ethnonym Open
Ethnicity is all important in Fiji, and labels for the different ethnic groups are a constant source of debate. A significant proportion of Fiji’s population are descendants of indentured laborers from the Indian subcontinent. An appropria…
Guest Editorial Open
References Basso, Keith. 1996. Wisdom Sits in Places: Landscape and Language among the Western Apache. Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press. Boillat, Sébastien, Elvira Serrano, Stephan Rist, and Fikret Berkes. 2013. "The Importa…
Indigenous Toponyms in the Antipodes: A Gazetteer-Based Study Open
During the centuries of Britain’s colonial expansion, English was transplanted to the four corners of the globe, and became an extensive and prolific borrower of general lexical items and toponyms from indigenous languages. The Englishes o…
Out-of-the-blue Names of Paint Colors Open
Names of products play a significant role in their marketing, and are designed to express images with which buyers can identify. Manufacturers therefore pay close attention to their product names in order to maximize sales and to distingui…
Antecedent Generics: How Capes, Lakes, Mounts, and Points Are Named in the Antipodes Open
Toponymic literature often mentions that the names of geographic features generally have the structure: specific + generic. While this is often the case, there are a set of geographic features that regularly do not follow this sequence. Th…