What is the confession of geographic names? Cover Image

Miről vallanak a földrajzi nevek?
What is the confession of geographic names?

Author(s): István Szathmári
Subject(s): Language studies
Published by: Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem
Keywords: place names; cultural history; popularisation of science

Summary/Abstract: In the two lectures, originally delivered in the programme entitled Édes anyanyelvünk [Our sweet mother tongue] on Kossuth radio, the author discusses how geographical names can be utilized in researching local as well as general history. The first lecture discovers the origins of place names found in Western Hungary; the second lecture presents the names of Kisújszállás located in the Great Hungarian Plain.

  • Issue Year: 30/2008
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 213-215
  • Page Count: 3
  • Language: Hungarian
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