1. Role of geographical names - they link us to geographical features

The names serve as labels that can be used for:

• Orientation, Navigation, reference points

• Names link us to the landscape

• Pronunciation of geographical names provides links to the inhabitants

• Links to other documents/files

• And see next page: names link different maps

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

* With a geographical name, we anchor some feature in geographical reality.