Nomenclatorul stradal actual şi pierderea toponimelor vechi
The Current Street Nomenclature and the Loss of Old Toponyms

Summary/Abstract: Following the toponymical researches carried out in the villages located on the Upper Valley of Suceava, we found that besides the obvious wealth of topical names still in circulation in the inhabitants' roots and the tendency, somewhat awakened by the specialists for a long time, the rural development and the urbanization actions, as well as modern cadastre, will soon determine the disappearance of many topical names that have brought light over past events, the state of the populations of these lands and even the specific elements of their existence from the perspective of ancestral beliefs and customs.But as this phenomenon is already felt at the local level, we consider that it would be of no interest to highlight a number of issues regarding the changes in toponymy due to the new administrative cadastral measures, the new measures for denominating the roads, the music, streets, paths and old pathways and, last but not least, the transformation of communes into cities and villages in localities.Even though at local level and at least in the conscience of older inhabitants these new names have not managed to eliminate the old ones, the young people and the inhabitants trained in urban economic activities accepted them. I have also chosen this research topic because in a relatively short time the old topical names of the investigated villages will eventually disappear.

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