Expression of Identity in Urban Toponymy of the Towns in Kvarner and Istria

Crljenko, Ivana

doi:10.21861/hgg.2008.70.01.04

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“…At the same time, the region is defined as a complex set of relations between population groups and certain territories (Crljenko 2008). These reports are based on the awareness of members of the regions about the common culture and diversity vis-a-vis other groups.…”

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Expression of regional identity in urban toponomy of major Kosovar cities

Ejupi¹

2022

Auc Geographica

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This paper presents the model of identity research using the street names from five major Kosovar cities. The purpose of this research is to demonstrate the fact that identity in the urban environment can be determined through the analysis of street names, to uncover the difference in the presence of hodonyms that express regional identity from those that express national identity, and to investigate the presence of urban toponyms of international importance. This paper also aims to examine the relationship between regional identity and ethnic and religious structure, as well as to identify the role of historical-political circumstances at the level of the manifestation of regional identity. We found that the regional identity has been expressed more deeply compared to the national and international hodonyms, which have a lower representation. Although regional hodonyms dominated in all cities that were analyzed, there were differences in the representation of regional hodonyms which were related to personalities, events, or geographical objects that belong to the respective city or surroundings.

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Expression of regional identity in urban toponomy of major Kosovar cities

Ejupi¹

2022

Auc Geographica

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Labels of Interest Groups as Indicators of A Vernacular Region: A Case Study in Croatia

Vukosav

Fuerst-Bjeliš

2015

Tijd voor Econ & Soc Geog

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While not necessarily actual in the contemporary administrative divisions, vernacular regions are an integral part of regional identities. As such, they are a type of perceptual regions based solely on the inhabitants' inner perception of a region. Vernacular regions are usually articulated through the occurrence of a region's name in various informal narratives such as labels of interest groups. The aim of the paper is to use the official online databases as a means to identify and extract interest groups such as businesses, companies and public associations with labels containing the name of Zagora region in southern Croatia. The extracted data is used to map the vernacular region and reach conclusions about the applicability of the method and the utilised data sources, as well as to find out how external perception influences regional affiliation in a traditional region without institutional frame.

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Who are we, where are we from, where are we going to?": Territorial identity in the urbanonymy of Kurgan City

Golomidova,

Dmitrieva

2024

Philology. Theory & Practice

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The purpose of the study is to assess the current state of representation of territorial identity in the urban name of the city of Kurgan (Southern Trans-Urals). Using the model of the semantic field of territorial identity, the authors consider the objectification of its components in topographical names forming the urbanonymic "framework" of the city. The scientific novelty of the work is determined by the approbation of an integrated approach to assessing the state of urbanonymy, and it consists of: 1) analysis of the urbanonymicon from the point of view of reflecting the key characteristics of the city in the motivational semantics of topographical names (the position of external observation); 2) identifying the assessments of the residents themselves regarding the established set of names as a means of conveying local flavor (an inside look). As a result of the study, semantic groups translating the features of territorial identity were established in the urbanonymic "framework" of Kurgan, some lacunae and poorly implemented nominative themes were revealed. The assessment of the compliance of the urbanonymy of Kurgan with the current ideas of the inhabitants about its identity gave results important for toponymic practices. The majority of respondents, noting some key characteristics of Kurgan in urbanonymy, nevertheless define its urbanonymic portrait as insufficiently representative to convey a modern flavor. This allows us to make recommendations on the correction of municipal toponymic policy.

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Expression of Identity in Urban Toponymy of the Towns in Kvarner and Istria

Cited by 3 publications

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Expression of regional identity in urban toponomy of major Kosovar cities

Expression of regional identity in urban toponomy of major Kosovar cities

Labels of Interest Groups as Indicators of A Vernacular Region: A Case Study in Croatia

Who are we, where are we from, where are we going to?": Territorial identity in the urbanonymy of Kurgan City

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