Nguyên nhân biến đổi của địa danh ở tỉnh Sóc Trăng

Abstract

Place-names are the proper names of natural and artificial geographical subjects bearing marks of reality, and human emotions and profound aesthetics. During the historical development, Vietnam’s place-names in general, and those of Soc Trang province in particular, might have existed, passed by or changed in their original forms or meanings for many different reasons. In this article, we address these reasons. On data collected, there are two main reasons for place-name change in this province, namely the linguistic and non-linguistic reasons. This event is continual and diverse in formats, significantly affecting the etymological research in Soc Trang province.