do toponyms in californina reflect cultural heritage township and range land survey system

The aim of the present article is therefore to analyse a series of toponyms and their meanings in the province of Cuenca in relation to the characteristics of the land.

If we pay close attention to the linguistic characteristics of each toponym and the geography of the terrain, it is possible to re-establish these relationships. Other unknown causes may also affect this link, such as whether these toponyms have been moved from their original location on different maps. The linguistic evolution of these words, on the one hand, and the changes that the land itself undergoes due to natural causes or because of changes made by farming the land, on the other, can distance the original reason behind a specific toponym from the place it names. Although the existence of toponyms that describe the characteristics of the land does not seem to require any further explanation, a detailed look into these tends to bring more questions to the fore than certainties. The physiographical characteristics of land and its geological composition have given rise to numerous toponyms in the different linguistic frameworks that have arisen in Spain. These toponyms entered Trentino dialects from German and Tyrolean varieties during different periods, and propagated in the area especially during the XIX century under the Hapsburg government. The results show that several hundreds of place names with a Germanic origin are spread in the whole province. some Germanic loanwords that are used in the Tren-tino dialect and refer to ground morphology. The inquiry was conducted with the help of the online DTT (Dizionario Toponomastico Trentino) database focusing on a specific domain, i.e. This paper aims to present the findings of a research investigating the latter category of Germanic place names. While much attention has been paid to these toponyms, Germanic place names attested in other areas of Trentino have not been inquired. Nowadays, two German varieties (Cimbrian and Mòcheno) are spoken in a few villages and numerous Germanic place names are attested in the areas close to these municipalities. Romance and Germanic linguistic varieties have co-existed in Tren-tino since the Middle Age, when some Southern Bavarian groups moved to this territory and settled down in the area between Lavarone and Asiago and in Fersental.

Do toponyms in californina reflect cultural heritage township and range land survey system