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...
Main Author: | Ion Nicolae |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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University of Bucharest
2007-11-01
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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 |
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