Neighbours Who Disappeared: Non-Settlement Names With the Element Žid (‘Jew’) in Bohemia
In this paper, I focus on non-settlement geographical names (anoikonyms, microtoponyms or minor place names, i.e. names of fields, meadows, forests, waters, roads, etc.) which preserve traces of the Jewish population in Bohemia, i.e. a part of present-day Czech Republic. The research is based on the...
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| description | In this paper, I focus on non-settlement geographical names (anoikonyms, microtoponyms or minor place names, i.e. names of fields, meadows, forests, waters, roads, etc.) which preserve traces of the Jewish population in Bohemia, i.e. a part of present-day Czech Republic. The research is based on the Collections of anoikonyms gathered between 1963 and 1980. Names containing the element Žid (‘Jew’) are quite common here, e.g., Židák (56), Židovka (93), Židovna (157), etc. They differ in terms of age and are located throughout Bohemia. These names are motivated by: (1) places where Jews lived and where they were buried (e.g., Jewish cemeteries were often called Židák); (2) the ethnicity or religion of land owners; (3) tragic events (e.g., the field in Lžín U mrtvého žida ‘at the dead Jew’s’); (4) metaphors (names using the adjective židovský ‘Jewish’ as a synonym of a separated place or land of bad quality). Some minor place names arose from the personal name (surname or nickname) Žid and it cannot be ruled out that some anoikonyms, which are assumed to originate from a common noun or ethnonym, also come from a personal name. In many cases, these names are the last memories of Jewish neighbours who disappeared. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1598052025-05-19T08:31:11Z Neighbours Who Disappeared: Non-Settlement Names With the Element Žid (‘Jew’) in Bohemia Žaneta, Dvořáková anoikonym minor place name Bohemia Jew thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics In this paper, I focus on non-settlement geographical names (anoikonyms, microtoponyms or minor place names, i.e. names of fields, meadows, forests, waters, roads, etc.) which preserve traces of the Jewish population in Bohemia, i.e. a part of present-day Czech Republic. The research is based on the Collections of anoikonyms gathered between 1963 and 1980. Names containing the element Žid (‘Jew’) are quite common here, e.g., Židák (56), Židovka (93), Židovna (157), etc. They differ in terms of age and are located throughout Bohemia. These names are motivated by: (1) places where Jews lived and where they were buried (e.g., Jewish cemeteries were often called Židák); (2) the ethnicity or religion of land owners; (3) tragic events (e.g., the field in Lžín U mrtvého žida ‘at the dead Jew’s’); (4) metaphors (names using the adjective židovský ‘Jewish’ as a synonym of a separated place or land of bad quality). Some minor place names arose from the personal name (surname or nickname) Žid and it cannot be ruled out that some anoikonyms, which are assumed to originate from a common noun or ethnonym, also come from a personal name. In many cases, these names are the last memories of Jewish neighbours who disappeared. Published 2025-05-19T08:31:09Z 2025-05-19T08:31:09Z 2023-12-21 chapter 9788323375012 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/159805 eng image/jpeg Attribution 4.0 International https://wuj.pl/ksiazka/onomastics-in-interaction-with-other-branches-of-science-volume-1#otwarty-dostep https://wuj.pl/neighbours-who-disappeared-non-settlement-names-with-the-element-zid-jew-in-bohemia Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego Onomastics in Interaction With Other Branches of Science. Volume 1. Keynote Lectures. Toponomastics 10.4467/K7501.45/22.23.18053 10.4467/K7501.45/22.23.18053 b56389e6-bd6e-43b9-abc7-9af91c5afc6b 7de802a3-610e-4023-bb20-ff814f7c94c9 9788323375012 99-120 open access |
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| title | Neighbours Who Disappeared: Non-Settlement Names With the Element Žid (‘Jew’) in Bohemia |
| title_full | Neighbours Who Disappeared: Non-Settlement Names With the Element Žid (‘Jew’) in Bohemia |
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| title_short | Neighbours Who Disappeared: Non-Settlement Names With the Element Žid (‘Jew’) in Bohemia |
| title_sort | neighbours who disappeared non settlement names with the element zid jew in bohemia |
| topic | anoikonym minor place name Bohemia Jew thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics |
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