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Names of sailing ships in Dalmatia in the 19th century

This article analyses the names of sailing ships in Dalmatia in the 19th century which were extracted from several archival sources. These names are analysed on phonologic and morphosyntactic levels and they are classified according to their etiology. It is shown that they are most frequently of anthroponymic or hagyonymic origin while a significant number …