The Origin of the Name of the City of Derbent and the Toponymy of the Surrounding Area in the Context of Ethnolinguistic Situation in the Early Middle Ages

Founded in 438 and included on the World Heritage List in 2003, the ancient city of Derbent emerged in the area which, by the time of its foundation, was known under various names which belong, as it is shown in the paper, to different Bulgar (Turkic) languages: province of Chor, Ζουάρ-ος fortress,...

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Main Author: Garun-Rashid Abdul-Kadyrovich Guseynov
Format: Article
Language:Russian
Published: Izdatelstvo Uralskogo Universiteta 2014-12-01
Series:Voprosy Onomastiki
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Online Access:http://onomastics.ru/sites/default/files/VO_2014_2(17)/Guseynov%20Onomastic_2_2014_fin_sm.pdf