Celtic River-Names of the Northern Pontic Area Revisited

The article discusses a number of North Pontic hydronyms which are identified as Celtic in recent publications. The author shows that there are no reasons to believe that Axiaces and Rhode, recorded by ancient authors, are Gaulish in origin. This supports the advocated view that Eastern Europe in general does not provide evidence of Celtic origins of some river names. Methodological issues of the toponymic analysis are touched upon, as well as considerations regarding the so-called “Illyrian” and Thracian layers of the toponymy of the area.

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hydronyms, toponyms, North Pontic area, Celtic, Gaulish, Thracian, “Illyrian”

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28.12.2020

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28.12.2020

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GOST	Falileyev A. Celtic River-Names of the Northern Pontic Area Revisited // Vestnik drevnei istorii – 2020. – V. 80. – Issue 4 C. 970-978 [Electronic resource]. URL: http://ras.jes.su/vdi/s032103910012252-0-1-en (circulation date: 26.04.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S032103910012252-0
MLA	Falileyev, Alexander I "Celtic River-Names of the Northern Pontic Area Revisited." Vestnik drevnei istorii 80.4 (2020):970-978. DOI: 10.31857/S032103910012252-0
APA	Falileyev A. (2020). Celtic River-Names of the Northern Pontic Area Revisited. Vestnik drevnei istorii 80(4), pp.970-978 DOI: 10.31857/S032103910012252-0

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