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Pomístní jméno Kalabon

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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.
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This diploma thesis extends the bachelor thesis research that analysed selected anoikonyms which were used by the locals since the oldest times until the beginning of the 19th century. The goal of this thesis is to revise and complete the set of anoikonyms included in the bachelor thesis and compare it to younger evidence. By collecting the data and its formal and semantic analysis the thesis aims to present a relatively complete picture of anoikonyms of the area of interest while respecting its historical development.
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The paper summarizes the hitherto results of the work on the Dictionary of Moravian and Silesian Anoikonyms (DMSA), explains the causes of the problems relating to the headword construction (the DMSA is a dictionary of entries, not of individual anoikonyms; Czech is a language featuring the homonymy of morphological characteristics of flexible words; the information leading to the construction of a “basic” form of the headword is often missing) and presents a set of universal rules to construct headwords of the DMSA; one or another of these rules should be applicable for all anoikonyms or their collections which are ranged in individual entries. The process of headword construction engages a changing degree of abstraction depending on the make-up of the entries (one-name entries containing one-word anoikonyms or more-word ones; more-name entries; the structure type and grammatical, dialectal and other characteristics of listed anoikonyms).
Acta onomastica
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2024
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vol. 65
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issue 1
169-190
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Famed for the impressive sandstone towers, deep ravines and powerful spirit of the place, the Adršpach-Teplice Rocks in the north-east of Bohemia are a popular tourist spot. This contribution investigates the toponymy of the Rocks from the 18th century, when tourists started to flock here, until present. Readers are reminded of place names that were conceived as having a strong advertising function – this is because their aim was to attract new tourists. These include e.g. Švýcarské údolí (Swiss Valley), Itálie (Italy), Krakonošova harfa (The Lord of the Mountains’ Harp), and Goetheho jeskyně (Goethe’s Cave). Place names created by gamekeepers and filmmakers are also mentioned – the former include Stalinova paseka (Stalin’s Clearing) while U partyzána (At the Partisan’s) is an example of the latter. We seek to provide a contrastive analysis of the toponymy of the Adršpach-Teplice Rocks and other areas with sandstone rocks situated elsewhere in the Czech Republic, also focusing on how the post-Second World War demographic transformation of the Czechoslovak border areas was reflected in the toponymy of the Rocks. The conclusion of the contribution also addresses place names found in information panels that are some of the constituents of the contemporary linguistic landscape of the Rocks.
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Etymological legends are an important component of verbal folklore, making it possible for us to interpret the names of a variety of geographic objects. In addition to having an anonymous author and being passed orally from generation to generation, an etymological legend is characterized by being primarily associated with rural environments. This study addresses etymological legends associated with Kovářova rokle (EN: Blacksmith’s Ravine) situated in Bromouvské stěny (EN: Broumov Walls), a nature reserve in the northeast of Bohemia. It analyses legends created by both the Czech and German population of the area while looking at differences and drawing parallels between them ‒ the most significant difference being the very reason for giving the ravine the name it bears. According to Czech etymological legends, the ravine is presumed to have been named after a blacksmith that had built a forge in a cave there to work in. In contrast, German legends believe the ravine was the hideout of a robber called Schmied (German for “blacksmith”). Therefore, if the ravine were to be named after him, it would be Schmied’s Ravine.
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