Obalni toponimi otoka Šolte
The Coastal Toponymes of the Island of Šolta

Summary/Abstract: The authors have listed and etymologically analyzed the coastal toponyms of the Dalmatian island of Šolta as the result of their field research, interviewing the local population and studying the old land registries and nautical charts. Besides the contrastive methods, the results have been analyzed and processed by descriptive methods. By detailed terrain observation, 291 toponyms have been gathered, among which the most numerous are the names of the bays. The research also includes the toponyms which have never been studied in the toponomastics of the Adriatic coast […] The authors conclude that the majority of toponyms on the island of Šolta are of Slavic origin, but numerous old Romance toponyms, which have been exposed to the Romance-Slavic linguistic symbiosis, have survived as well. All toponyms are accentuated according to the pronunciation of the local population, with five accents and pre-stress and post-stress length preserved. The authors also discuss the possible origin of the name of the island of Šolta, supplementing the previous theories by connecting the toponym with the pre-historic name solta meaning island.

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