| Summary: | The aim of this paper is to catalogue and introduce toponymic names from the Danube area
of Dobrogea in the context of a troubled historic evolution of this area. A toponymic stratification was
done, where the oldest and the most important stratum belongs to the native population, on which
other strata overlapped, strata we have tried to deal with in this paper. What we meant to point out as
a result of our research of the territorial distribution of the place names was not only the concentration
of the Romanian inhabitants in the area situated in the vicinity of the Danube, an area standing as a
permanent connection with the Romanians living on the left bank of the Danube, but also the idea of
identifying a variety of toponymic names stemming from other languages, as a result of the settling
down, in Dobrogea of many peoples throughout history. The results of our research are based on the
presentation of some aspects of the Romanians ‘symbiosis with other ethnic groups, as well as the
presentation of the conditions and duration of the process of their assimilation by the Romanians.
What we bring, in addition to other studies, is a thorough analysis of the ethnic diversity of the area
that was realized by analyzing a great number of toponymic names and their classification according
to the language of origin and the period of time they were used, thus constituting a rich and valuable
source of information.
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