Pomístní jméno Kalabon

• Authors: Martina Ptáčníková

Title variants

EN

Kalabon, an anoikonym of an unknown meaning

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

This study investigates Kalabon, an anoikonym of an unknown meaning. This name is only found near the border separating Bohemia from the Kłodzko Land in Poland with a total of 6 occurrences being documented here. We believe the name is of Italian origin, an assumption supported by a set of extralinguistic (primarily historical) circumstances. We assume the name was introduced by Italian migrant workers that built railways in the region in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The contribution also contains a number of folk interpretations of the name in question.

Keywords

EN

toponymy; anoikonymy; folk etymology; Czech Republic; Poland; Germany

Discipline

• PHILOLOGY_&_LINGUISTICS: PHILOLOGY & LINGUISTICS

• Publisher: Czech Ethnological Society
• Journal: Národopisný věstník
• Year: 2022
• Volume: 63
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 199-205
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Martina Ptáčníková

• Acta onomastica, redakce, Ústav pro jazyk český AV ČR, v.v.i., Letenská 4, 118 51 Praha 1, Czech Republic