La caracterización del paisaje de Menorca a través de la toponimia

Garau, Antoni Ordinas; Sebastián, Jaume Binimelis

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“…From analyzing Minorcan place names and frequencies, we found that there was a clear relationship between the names and land characteristics that they identified. The low levels of urbanization and lack of urbanization in rural areas, compared to the rest of the Balearic Islands, are reflected in Minorca's toponymy (Ordinas & Binimelis, 2013), in which the most frequent terms refer to physical aspects of the landscape. The many geomorphological references offer a glimpse into the impact that the topography has on vegetation, which is sparse, or on hydrography, which is marked by the climate, and therefore is relatively poor.…”

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“…Thus, Nash (2015) rightly proposes the concept of toponymic ethnography, where cultural and ecological contexts get entangled with the study of the toponymy of the islands and the relationship between names, and the characterization of the landscape becomes a topic of interest for future research. In fact, this has been addressed in a study of the island of Minorca (Ordinas & Binimelis, 2013).…”

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Toponymy and nissology: an approach to defining the Balearic Islands’ geographical and cultural character

Garau¹,

Sebastián²

2017

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ABSTRACT:The cultural identity of each of the larger islands that make up the Balearic archipelago is shown through the local geographical terminology and toponymy, which are results of the successive overlapping of languages and cultures brought to the islands by various peoples throughout history. By classifying and analyzing the toponymy and geographical terminology of the Balearic Islands, unique particularities can be found. There are differences between each of the islands, as well as with non-island territory, as a result of centuries of isolation. This same isolation has also led to the preservation of terminology and other linguistic aspects, and has created an endemic culture. The results of the records of terminology that contribute to the geographical and cultural characterization of the Balearic Islands are presented along with some keys to understanding the islands' idiosyncrasies.https://doi.org/10.24043/isj.15Keywords: Balearic Islands, cultural identity, ethnography, geographical terminology, nissology, toponymy Nissology, geography, and toponymyDespite the course of action begun by Moles (1982) and the opinion of McCall (1996) that the new millennium would be the one of island sciences, to Espínola & Cravidao (2014) who highlighted the contribution of geography to their expertise, nissology 1 , or islandology, undoubtedly has a promising future. This is true not only because the world is full of islands (Baldacchino, 2006), but because of the valuable role that they play when considering any of the three lines of research suggested by King (2010). As geographers, we are convinced that an interdisciplinary approach must be taken to address island-based topics, and in line with the criteria proposed by Bonnemaison (1990Bonnemaison ( -1991 and the terminology by Depraetere (1990Depraetere ( -1991, we value the contributions made by other branches of science, like economics, and especially, sociology, anthropology, and psychology. Very related to these last three, we believe that geographical surveying can be of great help in correctly understanding island phenomena, just as it is when it comes to understanding the mechanisms behind toponymy. It should be noted that, in this respect, the information that can be gathered from the name of a place can be analyzed from various perspectives: from its meaning, 1 Of Greek origin: nesos, νησί (Vieira, 2010).

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“…), of the use of flora (Carracedo et al, 2006;Navaza, 2006;Sanz & Allende, 2006;Benítez et al, 2009, Carrillo et al, 2010García-Villaraco et al, 2011;Gómez et al, 2012;Molina, 2012, etc. ), and of the characterization of relief features, geomorphology and geology (Mensua & Ibáñez, 1979;Garcés, 1987;Domingo, 1997;Tort, 1999;Beltrán, 2001;García Aguilar & Salcedo de Lara, 2008;Planas et al, , 2013Planas et al, , 2014Planas et al, , 2016Planas et al, , 2017Planas et al, , 2018Planas & Gascón, 2012;Ordinas & Binimelis, 2013;Planas, 2013;Tort & Sancho, 2014;Fidalgo & González, 2015, among others).…”

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Toponymy and Geology in the Landscape

Planas-Batlle,

Tort-Donada,

Corominas

2023

Onomastics in Interaction With Other Branches of Science Volume 1 Keynote Lectures Toponomastics

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The elements of the physical environment have long been the object of naming. Indeed, an area’s first inhabitants would have given names to places to satisfy their social need to locate themselves spatially and many of these names have been preserved until the present day. As such, place names reveal aspects of the landscape observed in the distant past by our ancestors. One such element of the physical environment is its geological features. Toponymy, in the case of the study of transparent place names in relation to aspects of the immediate terrain, is a useful tool in geology both for producing thematic maps and for locating and studying such features as caves, landslides and metal ores. At the same time, geology can help understand and clarify less transparent toponymic meanings and shed light on etymological hypotheses based on linguistic interpretations. This approach, supported by the compilation of background and comparative physiographic analyses of the geological characteristics of locations with similar place names, has considerable potential for identifying, recognizing and unravelling the origins of the names of many places. This paper presents a number of reciprocities identified between place names and their geology and assesses them as a tool for the recognition of physical features of the landscape.

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Interpreting protohistoric societies through place names of landscape features: a case study in València, Spain

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2021

Landscape Research

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La caracterización del paisaje de Menorca a través de la toponimia

Abstract: De tal modo las palabras llevan la esencia humana de las cosas, que las que son nombres propios, los geográficos, los toponímicos, llevan un paisaje, y a las veces basta sólo con oír la palabra para adivinar lo que pueda ser la tierra que recibió aquel nombre".

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Toponymy and nissology: an approach to defining the Balearic Islands’ geographical and cultural character

Toponymy and nissology: an approach to defining the Balearic Islands’ geographical and cultural character

Toponymy and Geology in the Landscape

Interpreting protohistoric societies through place names of landscape features: a case study in València, Spain

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