Original scientific paper
Toponyms of romance origin in Split peninsula
Ana Kodrić
; Filozofski fakultet u Splitu
Marina Marasović Alujević
; Faculty of Philosophy in Split
Abstract
The rich cultural property of the city of Split is a result of a long development of the biggest Dalmatian town, testifi ed not only by monuments of architecture and art but also by other testimonies of cultural development such as the linguistic heritage. In the article, as a part of a comprehensive scientifi c project, the authors deal with the toponymy of Split and its urban area extended on its natural peninsula, analysing the toponyms of romance origin. The fi rst part of the paper gives us a short review of the development in which the romance infl uence is considered through three main periods: the Antiquity, from the Greek colonization and roman urbanisation, the Middle Ages, when the Diocletian's palace had been transformed into a town which become an important Adriatic autonomous commune and the Modern Age when the romance infl uence penetrated through the four century long Venetian rule in Dalmatia. In the second part of the article the toponyms of romance origin are analyzed in the topographic order from west to east, starting from the mount Marjan which tops the peninsula of Split at the west side, down to the river Žrnovnica. In the third part, the types of toponyms are classifi ed by their origin. Among them particularly numerous are those named after saints, then those derived from personal names, fi totoponyms and zootoponyms that refl ect the riches of the plant and animal life on the peninsula of Split, as well as petronyms, resulting from the natural features of the area.
Keywords
toponyms; romance origin; Split peninsula; geographic overview; toponyms by their origin
Hrčak ID:
82614
URI
Publication date:
30.5.2009.
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