“A Town with Two Names”: A Historical Oikonym in Modern Context (The Case of the Town of Pokrovsk/Engels)
The article uses the example of the town of Engels (Saratov Region) to explore the case of duplicate naming in the local usage, i.e. the use of the historical oikonym Pokrovsk (until 1931) and its derivatives along with the official name of the town or instead of it. The author showcases that in the...
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| Language: | Russian |
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Izdatelstvo Uralskogo Universiteta
2021-04-01
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| Series: | Voprosy Onomastiki |
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| Online Access: | http://onomastics.ru/en/content/2021-volume-18-issue-1-6 |