Review article

Changes of the settlements’ names in the Croatian lands in light of the administrative determinations in the period from 1860 to 1960

Ivica Mataija orcid.org/0000-0002-5194-949X ; Državni arhiv u Gospiću, Gospić Hrvatska

Abstract

The paper discusses administrative determinations of the names of towns in the Croatian lands in the period from 1860 to 1960, as applied through statutory provisions, orders and other decisions by ministries or other administrative authorities responsible for naming and renaming settlements. Standardization of names of settlements was motivated by administrative, political and ideological reasons. The subject provides insight into a period of intervention in Croatian onymia as a reflection of the situation in which the Croatian state, society, language and culture found itself.

Keywords

name; settlement name; oikonym; renaming; low on renaming

Hrčak ID:

81921

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/81921

Publication date:

31.5.2012.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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