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Orð og tunga
Lykilorð
nafnfræði, nöfn í borgum og bæjum, götunöfn, götunafnanefnd
Kejovords
onomastics, urban names, street names, street name committee
Abstract
In the article street names are discussed from a variety of viewpoints. The order of
the content is laid out in the first chapter. The second chapter looks at laws which
deal with street names (nr. 73/1977 and nr. 35/1953) and regulation nr. 136 for the
work of the place name committee. In the third chapter examples are given of the
working practice when choosing names. Sometimes suggestions are requested from
individuals or groups, sometimes special committees are appointed and in yet other
cases building committees of municipalities are entrusted with forming suggestions
for names. The fourth chapter deals with the city of Reykjavík in particular, the oldest
names there and naming committees and the fifth chapter tells of the official work
group of the city of Reykjavík and the suggestions it has made for street names in
new areas. The penultimate chapter discusses suffixes in street names in the greater
Reykjavík area, of which there were 107 in March 2009. The suffixes show that for
street names there is a tradition of looking to the surrounding environment when
choosing suffixes. In the final chapter the contents of the article are summarized.
Guðrún Kvaran
Stofnun Árna Magnússonar í íslenskum fræðum, orðfræðisvið /Hrískóli íslands
Neshagi 16
107 Reykjavík
gkvaran@hi.is