New Look on the Toponyms Valdai and Gora-Valdai

The article criticizes the traditional and widespread view on the etymology of the toponyms Valdai in the Novgorod region and Mount Valdai (Finnish Harjavalta) on the coast of the Gulf of Finland, west of St. Petersburg. A number of arguments are given that refute the opinion about a single Balto-Fe...

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Main Author: Valery L. Vasilyev
Format: Article
Language:Russian
Published: Izdatelstvo Uralskogo Universiteta 2023-07-01
Series:Вопросы ономастики
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Online Access:http://onomastics.ru/en/content/2023-volume-20-issue-2-1