Metaphoric names in Bulgarian oronymy

Abstract

The paper analyses a group od Bulgarian metaphorically motivated placenames, especially those derived from terms for human (head, nose, leg etc.) or animal (wing, horn, beak, hoof etc.) body parts. Such a kind of nomination is very frequent in Bulgarian toponymy, but also in toponymy of other Slavic languages.

Keywords

• bugarska toponimija
• oronimija
• imena uzvisina
• metafore