On the origin and historical evolution of toponymy on the territory of Romania

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Revue Roumaine de Géographie. - 2011. - Volume 55, issue 1. - P. 23-36.The present paper was elaborated in connection with the two-volume Gazetteer of Romania (2008–2009), published under the Romanian Academy’s Project No. iI/2000–2009, parts of the paper having being introduced in the university course Toponimie geografică românească, Sibiu, 2002.Contents Pre-Indo-European toponyms Old Indo-European toponyms Thraco-Geto-Dacian toponyms Latin toponyms Greek and Byzantine toponyms Slavic toponyms Romanian toponyms Toponyms from the Thraco-Geto-Dacian word-stock Toponyms from the Latin word-stock Toponyms from the Slavic word-stock Toponyms from the Bulgarian word-stock Toponyms from the Serbo-Croatian word-stock Toponyms from the Ukrainian word-stock Toponyms from the Petcheneg-Cumanian word-stock Toponyms from the Tartar word-stock Toponyms from the Osmanli Turkish word-stock Toponyms from the Hungarian word-stock Toponyms from the German word-stock Toponyms from the neo-Greek word-stock Toponyms originating from anthroponyms Ethnotoponyms originating from names of peoples Hagyonyms or toponyms of religious origin Toponyms recently assigned by the administration New slavic toponyms Toponyms of Bulgarian origin Toponyms of Serbo-Croatian origin Toponyms of Ukrainian and Lippovan-Russian origin Old Turkish toponyms Toponyms of Petcheneg – Cumanian origin Toponyms of Osmanli-Turkish and Tartar origin Fino-Ugric toponyms Toponyms of Hungarian origin Toponyms of german origin Conclusions