Honorifikační motiv v toponymii (na příkladu baťovských toponym a toponyma Zlín/Gottwaldov)

• Authors: Jaroslav David

Title variants

EN

Commemorative motive in toponymy (ilustrated with Baťa's place names and place names Zlín/Gottwaldov)

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

The aim of the text is to describe a particular group of commemorative place names motivated by personal name of Czech businessman family Baťa. They are not typical names included in the group of Czech commemorative place names as the place names Gottwaldov, Havířov, Švermov. Place names as Baťov, Baťovany, Bataypora, Batawa and Bataville, appearing in many countries in the world, were created with the components typical of particular national place names system. The place names of the city of Zlín, a centre of Baťa’s shoe company, and Gottwaldov, that replaced the place name Zlín during the Communist era 1949–1989, are examined in the text as well.

Keywords

CS

místní jména; Baťa, Tomáš; Baťa, Jan Antonín; Gottwaldov (Česko); Zlín (Česko)

EN

place names; Gottwaldov-Town District (Czechia : 1949-1960); Zlín (Czechia); commemorative names

• Publisher: Institute of the Czech Language, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta onomastica
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 51
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 429-436
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Jaroslav David

• Ústav pro jazyk český AV ČR, v. v. i., Letenská 123/4, 118 51 Praha 1, Czech Republic