The source of the British system of toponymic names
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https://doi.org/10.69760/jales.2025001000Keywords:
the origin of place names, geographical names, lexical units, linguistics, special names, toponyms, system of toponymic names, vocabulary stock of the languageAbstract
Geographical names are, above all, the words that are a unit of language vocabulary. Just as every word follows the grammatical rules of the language, so does it apply to geographical names. They are collected in the dictionary under the name of special names. It should be noted that the toponyms that form part of the dictionary, despite being special names, differ in a number of features. The complexity and diversity of British place names is historically associated with the settlement of many peoples in the country.
The article deals with the influence of many tribes and nations historically inhabiting in Britain on the system of toponymic names of this country. In this article it is investigated the toponyms of Great Britain, which have their roots in the languages of at least five different peoples - Celts, Romans, Anglo-Saxons, Scandinavians, French and the role of all these peoples in the formation of the toponymic names of this country.
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