Talk:Hydronym

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 * Often a given body of water will have several entirely different names given to it by different peoples. For example, Vltava and Moldau are the Czech and German names, respectively, for the same river in central Europe.


 * I think it's better to come up with a different example as both Czech and German names are based on similar etymology. Meursault2004 (talk) 20:30, 26 September 2009 (UTC)


 * I came here to make precisely the same point. --  Jack of Oz   [pleasantries]  22:02, 9 March 2014 (UTC)
 * I have changed to an example with the Tibetan and Thai names for the Mekong. 184.147.121.46 (talk) 16:16, 31 December 2015 (UTC)

Naming patterns
I came here looking for material on the variations in how rivers are named. Specifically, I am interested in the usage of the formats "Blank", "River Blank", and "Blank River". Is there any material anywhere in Wikipedia about this? --Khajidha (talk) 15:00, 3 January 2018 (UTC)

The river Rhine is pre-Celtic name rather than a Celtic one.
Most rivernames passed off as ‘Celtic’ are in truth pre-Celtic. The NWO and France are especially guilty of saying rivers are ‘Gaulish’, ‘Celtic’ because the aforesaid are used as a ‘device’ for Frenchification and French expansionism. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A00:23C7:9C97:5D01:AD60:B466:9126:14B0 (talk) 17:49, 24 February 2022 (UTC)