Changes of Romanian place names during the communist era

Seventy years ago Professor Ion Conea, a famous Romanian geographer and toponymist, suggested that, when not modified by officials, place-names are like ´some condensed description of the country’ (Conea 1928). In Romania there are, broadly speaking, three types of place-names: first, traditional pl...

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Main Author: Ion Nicolae
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Bucharest 2007-11-01
Series:Human Geographies: Journal of Studies and Research in Human Geography
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Online Access:http://humangeographies.org.ro/articles/11/5NICOLAE.pdf