Placenames of indigenous origin in Acre-Brazil

• Published in: Domínios de lingu@gem Vol. 15; no. 2; pp. 299 - 321
• Main Authors: Costa, Rozangela de Melo Martins da, De Sousa, Alexandre Melo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Estudos Linguísticos 04.02.2021
• Subjects: acre; indigenous toponymy; toponymic atlas of the brazilian western amazon; toponymic motivation

Toponymy, a discipline that studies place names, is one of the branches of Onomastics: science responsible for the study of proper names. This study aims to trace a profile of toponyms of indigenous origin in the rural area of Acre, analyzing toponymic motivations related to fauna, flora and hydrogr...