The distribution of Vide-Poche hints at its function as a former generic place name. Located in nine different places from Québec to the American Midwest, this toponym has shown resilience in Missouri, in stark contrast with its vanishing twins in the St. Lawrence Valley. Motivation for this place name has perplexed observers, yielding mostly unsatisfactory explanations for the pejorative meanings that have been rooted in several areas since the early 1800’s at least. The study of abundant sources from the last centuries documents and questions the negative load steadily attached to ‘vide-poche’ as a noun as well as a name. A former nickname for the mill provides a possible solution. Yet Vide-Poche also penetrated the fur trade to the exten...
Full credit for solving the origin of Weaubleau (Creek) goes to Walter Schroeder, who noticed an 184...
Compared to the toponymy of the majority which is founded on the more solid notion of territory, min...
La médiation toponymique est l’un des ensembles relationnels qui font une terre habitée, ici le Québ...
The distribution of Vide-Poche hints at its function as a former generic place name. Located in nine...
Locating and relating places named Vide-Poche uncovers a yet unnoticed onomastic archipelago in Nort...
Some observations about the toponymy of Vallon-Pont-d'Arc (Ardèche). Toponomics is not, as is commo...
Among the many roots of the genealogical tree of Québec toponymy, the one which draws its nourrishme...
Place names in Quebec stem from three main origins: the native, French and English languages. Along ...
Pohl Jacques. La Toponymie de la Thiérache . In: Revue Internationale d'Onomastique, 9e année N°3, S...
Chambon Jean-Pierre. Remarques sur l’histoire du toponyme Coisevaux (Haute-Saône) : un indice du fra...
Casado Pierre. L'apport de la toponymie à l'histoire agraire. Un cas d'espèces : les toponymes faisa...
Mulon Marianne. Toponymie de la vigne en Île-de-France aujourd’hui. In: La vigne et les vergers. Act...
Gendron Stéphane. Toponymie de la vigne et du vin dans le département de l’Indre. In: La vigne et le...
Play on Names. How People is Named in Minot. Through historical and sociological analysis of the w...
En pays maure, les toponymes sont porteurs d'une forte charge émotionnelle. Avant de s'inscrire, ave...
Full credit for solving the origin of Weaubleau (Creek) goes to Walter Schroeder, who noticed an 184...
Compared to the toponymy of the majority which is founded on the more solid notion of territory, min...
La médiation toponymique est l’un des ensembles relationnels qui font une terre habitée, ici le Québ...
The distribution of Vide-Poche hints at its function as a former generic place name. Located in nine...
Locating and relating places named Vide-Poche uncovers a yet unnoticed onomastic archipelago in Nort...
Some observations about the toponymy of Vallon-Pont-d'Arc (Ardèche). Toponomics is not, as is commo...
Among the many roots of the genealogical tree of Québec toponymy, the one which draws its nourrishme...
Place names in Quebec stem from three main origins: the native, French and English languages. Along ...
Pohl Jacques. La Toponymie de la Thiérache . In: Revue Internationale d'Onomastique, 9e année N°3, S...
Chambon Jean-Pierre. Remarques sur l’histoire du toponyme Coisevaux (Haute-Saône) : un indice du fra...
Casado Pierre. L'apport de la toponymie à l'histoire agraire. Un cas d'espèces : les toponymes faisa...
Mulon Marianne. Toponymie de la vigne en Île-de-France aujourd’hui. In: La vigne et les vergers. Act...
Gendron Stéphane. Toponymie de la vigne et du vin dans le département de l’Indre. In: La vigne et le...
Play on Names. How People is Named in Minot. Through historical and sociological analysis of the w...
En pays maure, les toponymes sont porteurs d'une forte charge émotionnelle. Avant de s'inscrire, ave...
Full credit for solving the origin of Weaubleau (Creek) goes to Walter Schroeder, who noticed an 184...
Compared to the toponymy of the majority which is founded on the more solid notion of territory, min...
La médiation toponymique est l’un des ensembles relationnels qui font une terre habitée, ici le Québ...