A „Magyar helységnév-azonosító szótár” elkészítésének szempontjai és problémái
Date: 2013
Subject: helységnév
helységnév-változatok
helységnév-azonosító szótár
névcikkek
helységnévtár
térkép
1913
magyar
történeti Magyarország
helységnév-változatok
helységnév-azonosító szótár
névcikkek
helységnévtár
térkép
1913
magyar
történeti Magyarország
Abstract:
GYÖRGY LELKES, Standpoints and problems in editing a dictionary on Hungarian
place-name identification //
Creating the dictionary under discussion is justified by the recent decline of cultural, historic
sensitivity and knowledge in Hungary, caused by the often distorted 20th-century cultural policy
and ideologies. Up until the beginning of the 1990s, the usage of Hungarian place names beyond
the borders of the present-day Hungary was limited; such names were not allowed to be used in the
mass media, or in public administration. The main goal of the author’s nearly 25 years of research
has been to collect and identify all the historical place names and the names of castles in historical
Hungary, including all the old, new, foreign and Hungarian name variations. The main text was
based on the 1913 gazetteer, but in addition, the author considered all the onomastic variations of
the names. Collecting and arranging all the data, especially comparing sources in problematic
cases was a considerable task (even with the help of several experts). To re-introduce partly for-
gotten historical place names was important because these names are part of Hungarian history,
culture and language. The 76 maps were created in collaboration with cartographer IMRE FARAGÓ,
and our primary goal was to create maps with relevant pieces of historical information.