Oronyms of the Czech-Polish Frontier on the Example of the Mountain Names of Kotlina Kamiennogórska Cover Image

Oronimy z pogranicza czesko-polskiego na przykładzie nazw górskich Kotliny Kamiennogórskiej
Oronyms of the Czech-Polish Frontier on the Example of the Mountain Names of Kotlina Kamiennogórska

Author(s): Maria Czaplicka-Jedlikowska
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: AV ČR - Akademie věd České republiky - Ústav pro jazyk český
Keywords: onomastics; oronyms

Summary/Abstract: The article provides an analysis of the names of mountain peaks, ridges and slopes of Kotlina Kamiennogórska. Many of these oronyms include common nouns denoting hills and other terrain elevations, others refer to trees or animals, the character (e.g. colour) of the object, or are derived from the name of the owner. All the analysed names were stabilised after World War II.

  • Issue Year: XLVIII/2007
  • Issue No: 48
  • Page Range: 11-21
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Polish
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