Anthropotoponyms in the System of Don Geographical Names

M.V. Fliagina

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Anthropotoponyms in the System of Don Geographical Names

M.V. Fliagina

The article is devoted to the study of the role of anthropotoponyms in the system of Don geographical names.
The article studies the types of anthropotoponyms, reveals the features of patronymic and memorial toponyms, their structure and ratio in the toponymic space of the Don region. The author highlights the problems related to the
etymologisation of the studied class of toponyms and points out the necessity of involving archival and historical data to determine toponyms.

Keywords

toponyms, anthropotoponyms, oikonyms, toponymisation, etymologization

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