Revisiting Great Rivers’ Names: Volga, Zapadnaya Dvina, Dnieper
The paper considers the names of the three largest rivers of Eastern Europe — Volga, Zapadnaya Dvina, and Dnieper — in terms of etymology and ethnic history. The names of these great rivers are examined jointly since their headwaters belong in the same micro-region, previously called the Okovsky For...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Russian |
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Izdatelstvo Uralskogo Universiteta
2019-12-01
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| Series: | Voprosy Onomastiki |
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| Online Access: | http://onomastics.ru/sites/default/files/doi/10.15826/vopr_onom.2019.16.4.043.pdf |