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Onomastics or onomatology is the study of proper names of all kinds and the origins of names. The word is Greek: ὀνοματολογία (from ὄνομα (ónoma) "name"). Toponymy or toponomastics, the study of place names, is one of the principal branches of onomastics. Anthroponomastics is the study of personal names. For some cultures (and celebrities), only one name is needed to indicate a certain person... Read enhanced Wikipedia article

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Theophoric name The practice, called in onomastics theophory, refers to this naming convention of adding a god's name (or the local equivalent of the generic term for god) to an individual's proper name.

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Ken Ken (name), onomastics and list of people named Ken

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Jaroslav Rudnyckyj Rudnyckyj's work in Ukrainian dialect studies, etymology, and onomastics naturally led to interests in folklore, and during his Canadian period, he published numerous works on Ukrainian Canadian folklore.

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Gardabani (historic district) Although these two regions were distinct, the homonymy may be due to an early occupation of both these territories by one ethnic group which left upon them its onomastic imprint.

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    Onomastics

    Onomastics or onomatology is the study of proper names of all kinds and the origins of names. The word is Greek: ὀνοματολογία (from ὄνομα (ónoma) "name").
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    Category:Onomastics

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    Paronymic attraction

    In etymology, generally in onomastics, a paronymic attraction is the alteration of a word on its paronym.
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    Institute for Dialectology, Onomastics and Folklore Research in Umeå

    DAUM, the Institute for Dialectology, Onomastics and Folklore Research in Umeå, is a Swedish governmental archive bureau which collects, preserves, works up and provides information about dialects, place names, folklore culture and local history.
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    Category:Toponymy

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    International Council of Onomastic Sciences

    To that end, it is engaged in the publication of research and the development of research tools as described below. ... 38: Onomastics in North America (2003)
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    Anthroponymy

    Anthroponomastics (or Anthroponymy), a branch of onomastics, is the study of anthroponyms (<Gk. anthropos, 'man', + onuma, 'name'), the names of human beings.
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