How New Naming. Systems Emerge: The Prototypical Case of Columbus and Washington
Abstract A new, generalized commemorative use of personal names as toponyms began and spread at about the time of the French and American Revolutions as a consequence of the personalities involved and of the events themselves. Three of the most important names – Washington, Columbus, and Columbia –...
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A new, generalized commemorative use of personal names as toponyms began and spread at about the time of the French and American Revolutions as a consequence of the personalities involved and of the events themselves. Three of the most important names – Washington, Columbus, and Columbia – are frequently and significantly used for counties, towns, and streets in the United States. Also, the American Revolution may have been instrumental in enabling the birth of several anthroponymic naming systems.
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| spelling | doaj.art-02c76a26f1474b47bfe3df7378680f6d2022-12-22T03:42:05ZengUniversity Library System, University of PittsburghNames0027-77381756-22791992-09-0140310.1179/nam.1992.40.3.153How New Naming. Systems Emerge: The Prototypical Case of Columbus and WashingtonLawrence M. BaldwinMichel GrimaudAbstract A new, generalized commemorative use of personal names as toponyms began and spread at about the time of the French and American Revolutions as a consequence of the personalities involved and of the events themselves. Three of the most important names – Washington, Columbus, and Columbia – are frequently and significantly used for counties, towns, and streets in the United States. Also, the American Revolution may have been instrumental in enabling the birth of several anthroponymic naming systems. http://ans-names.pitt.edu/ans/article/view/1324 |
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| title | How New Naming. Systems Emerge: The Prototypical Case of Columbus and Washington |
| title_full | How New Naming. Systems Emerge: The Prototypical Case of Columbus and Washington |
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| title_full_unstemmed | How New Naming. Systems Emerge: The Prototypical Case of Columbus and Washington |
| title_short | How New Naming. Systems Emerge: The Prototypical Case of Columbus and Washington |
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