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The Classification of Exonyms (Tagungsband)

The Classification of Exonyms

Proceedings of the 21st UNGEGN Working Group on Exonyms Meeting, Riga [Rīga], 24–26 September 2018

Name & Place – Contributions to Toponymic Literature and Research

Exonyms involve the adaptation of geographical names from a donor language into a receiver language, and they reflect the fascinating movement and interaction of peoples around the world. The Working Group on Exonyms of the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names (UNGEGN) was established by resolution…

CartographyCategoryEast AsiaEuropaEuropeExonymGeographieGeographyKartographieLinguisticsLinguistikNubiaNubienOrtsnamenOstasienPlace namesRigaToponomasticsToponomastikToponymieToponymyUNGEGNUnited NationsVereinte Nationen
Confirmation of the Definitions (Tagungsband)

Confirmation of the Definitions

Proceedings of the 16th UNGEGN Working Group on Exonyms Meeting, Hermagor, 5–7 June 2014

Name & Place – Contributions to Toponymic Literature and Research

The term exonym was first used by the British toponymist Marcel AUROUSSEAU (1957) and – interestingly enough – the term endonym was coined only later (1975), by the Austrian Slavist Otto KRONSTEINER, even though endonym is the basic and primary concept, and endonyms prevail by far in…

EndonymeExonymeGeographische NamenGoegraphieKartographieLinguistikNamenverzeichnisseOnomastikRaumbezogene IdentitätSprachenStandardisierungToponomastikToponymeUnited Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names
The Quest for Definitions (Tagungsband)

The Quest for Definitions

Proceedings of the 14th UNGEGN Working Group on Exonyms Meeting, Corfu, 23–25 May 2013

Name & Place – Contributions to Toponymic Literature and Research

Why is it that the topic of exonyms, and more precisely the endonym / exonym divide, attracts so much interest and is so much disputed? It is perhaps because this divide arises when a geographical name is considered within the relationship between a name-using community and the feature bearing this name – is the…

EndonymeExonymeGeographieGeographische NamenKartographieLinguistikOnomastikRaumbezogene IdentitätToponomastik
Toponyms in Cartography (Tagungsband)

Toponyms in Cartography

Proceedings of the Toponymic Sessions at the 25th International Cartographic Conference, Paris, 3–8 July 2011

Name & Place – Contributions to Toponymic Literature and Research

The ICA 25th International Cartographic Conference in Paris in July 2011 is special from a toponymical point of view because it marks the first meeting of the joint ICA-IGU Commission on Toponymy. Toponymy has been a regular theme for international cartographic conferences for decades, and it is only proper that…

ExonymeGeographieGeographische InformationssystemeGeographische NamenGISKartenKartographieNamensverzeichnisseSprachenStandardisierungToponomastikToponyme
Trends in Exonym Use (Tagungsband)

Trends in Exonym Use

Proceedings of the 10th UNGEGN Working Group on Exonyms Meeting, Tainach, 28-30 April 2010

Name & Place – Contributions to Toponymic Literature and Research

Exonyme im Sinne von geographischen Namen für Objekte außerhalb des eigenen Sprachgebiets zählen neben Namen in mehrsprachigen Gebieten zu den strittigsten Themen in der Toponymie. Sie werden oft als Ausdruck von Besitzansprüchen oder einer nostalgischen Haltung gedeutet. Auch in der 1967 gegründeten Expertengruppe…

ExonymeGeographieKartographieLändernamenLinguistikName / Ort RelationOrtsbezogene IdentitätOrtsnamenSprachwissenschaftTransliteration