Les toponymes grecs provenant des termes géographiques

Abstract

The formation of toponyms out of geographical terms is a most interesting
phenomenon in the study of the language and history of the country.
In Greek, there have been geographical terms that have remained unchanged
since the Homeric times, such as δρος, ποταμός, λίμνη, πηγή, κόλπος,
νήσος, άκρωτήριον, άκρα, and others which were formed in later stages
in the long line of development of the language. At the same time, we meet
geographical terms of foreign origin, such as κάβος (cape), κάμπος (plain),
πόρτο (port), σέλλα (nape).
These geographical terms are also encountered as toponyms intact in

themselves, as compounds or in a paratactic combination with other words,
and under completely new form constructed through derivation.
The study of these geographical terms is of interest because it asserts
the identity of Greek culture through the centuries as regards nomenclature;
a fact that in itself constitutes an ethnological factor of great significance.