S02: The Naming Process
  

5. What is expressed in a geographical name?

Relationships between x and y

  • X with/of y: Thabazimbi (mountain with iron)
  • X resembles y: Vaal River (river like the colour grey)
  • X belongs to y: Simon’s Town (Town of Simon)
  • X at y Barkley East (Barkley in the East)
  • X for y: Signal Hill (hill for signalling)
  • X where y happened: Rustenburg (town where they rested)

(after Meiring, 1993)

Geographical names expressing specific events

  • Physical
  • Physiological
  • Sensory
  • Emotive
  • Intellectual
  • Communicative
  • Social
  • Controlling
  • Movement
  • Impact
  • Transfer
  • Complex
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