Peter Dowling talks with Anna Thomas on RNZ Summer Times about the book New Zealand Place Names: Common, Contested and Curious Names from Aotearoa to Zalatown.
Listen on: www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...

#oratiabooks #newzealand #aotearoa #newzealandplacenames #toponomy @nzgeo.bsky.social

Curious and contested Kiwi placenames A new book unpacks how 850 of our placenames came about.

Peter Dowling talks with Kathryn Ryan about the new book
New Zealand Place Names: Common, Contested and Curious Names from Aotearoa to Zalatown
Listen to the interview on RNZ:
www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...

#oratiabooks #newzealand #aotearoa #toponomy @nzgeo.bsky.social @nzjh.bsky.social #RNZ

Pronounce and understand Māori place names!
Māori Place Names: Their Meanings and Origins, also available as an ebook: www.oratia.co.nz/product/maor...

#māori #māoriplacenames ##māoribooks #reomāori #oratiabooks #awreed #peterdowling #toponomy @wikimediaaotearoa.bsky.social @nzgeo.bsky.social

#Secwepemc Geographic: Pelltsqwmus - No One Left to Bury The Dead - Carl Archie www.carlarchie.com/1/post/2018/06/secwepemc...

#Secwepemculecw #Indigenous #Geography #Toponomy

words before relabelling places.

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Decolonial Mapmaking | Reclaiming Indigenous Places and K... by Jordan Engel

medium.com/langscape-magazine/decol... - @decolonialatlas

#reclaiming #land #toponomy

So I learned today that #Winnipeg comes from the #Cree word ᐃᐧᓂᐯᐠ winipek - 'dirty water' or 'muddy water.'

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