Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan responded to a recent controversial statement by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, who claimed that maps published during the Tsarist Russian era show that ...

Continuing a drive that Russian lawmakers have previously slammed as "de-russification," Kyrgyzstan has taken down two more statues of Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin and removed his name from several ...

In Galicia, we have been suffering for many years from a systematic disinformation campaign by separatists regarding toponymy. The most ridiculous thing is that the BNG claims that the Galician forms ...

A gazelle leading settlers to water, palm fronds dotting coastlines - some of the names behind the UAE's seven emirates draw on the country's landscape, commerce and cosmopolitan heritage. While some ...

When it comes to flowers, Shakespeare’s Juliet has a point; not so when it comes to lands or states or territories, whose names ought to be determined by their aboriginal people. Few nomenclatural ...

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Andrii Sybiha announced the state's intention to actively introduce Ukrainian names of foreign toponyms into official use. Sybiha reported this on Facebook.

Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has announced that the state intends to actively introduce Ukrainian names for foreign toponyms into official use. Source: Sybiha on Facebook, as reported by ...

Oregon toponyms, or place names, often originate from Native American languages, reflecting the region's history and culture. Correct pronunciation distinguishes locals from newcomers, with variations ...