Place names in 1945: Named points on routes

This page stays with places. It will not treat a town’s etymology as a personality, and it will not invent a live “most popular” place-name fashion. Keep Place names with “Named points on routes” and 1945 from 1945. The study of place names — their origins, layers and use. It is the hero field for this topic.

Toponymy studies those ruins: Celtic under English, Ainu under Japanese, Indigenous names under colonial English and Spanish. Renaming is one of the most visible naming laws there is. This page stays with places. It will not treat a town’s etymology as a personality, and it will not invent a live “most popular” place-name fashion.

The study of place names — their origins, layers and use. It is the hero field for this topic. Endonyms (used by locals) and exonyms (used by outsiders), plus official renamings after regime change. National names boards (e.g. the U.S. BGN), legislatures, and sometimes UNGEGN coordination — not SSA baby-name staff.

Names on the Land (1945, later editions) is a classic narrative of U.S. place-naming — a voice, not a statute. Are commemorative street names a good idea? They are a political choice. They also create the next renaming fight. This atlas describes; it does not score heroes. Much more slowly. A new suburb or a renamed capital is an event, not an annual ONS-style sport.

The two places are the register and the nickname. 1945’s “Named points on routes” splits them. The figure is 1945. Keep Place names with “Named points on routes” and 1945 from 1945. 19451945

Figures to keep

Year of the rule: 1945
Figure on the name: 1945
Topic: Place names
Line in the record: Named points on routes

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