Nazwy ukraińskich drużyn piłkarskich z perspektywy historycznej
Names of Ukrainian football teams from a historical perspective

Summary/Abstract: In this article, names of Ukrainian football teams from over a century of football history have been analyzed. The author has discussed proper names and common vocabulary that became the motivational basis for naming Ukrainian football teams. Among proper names there are state names, names of ethnographic regions of Ukraine, names of settlements — cities, towns, villages, historically important geographical names, names of rivers, names of mountains, names of people, names of sports associations, enterprises. A minor group consists of common names which are the names of the state and national symbols of Ukraine, names of lands characteristic of Ukraine, names of animals, plants, and also names of the inhabitants of different regions of Ukraine, names of people by profession or field of activity, names of products of enterprises. On the basis of the analysis of motivation of these nominations the author has shown how under the influence of the national factor, which was crucial in choosing names for football teams, the continuity of national-cultural traditions in naming has been maintained.

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