Cultural-Geographical Aspects of Street Names in the Towns of Israel
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- 1 December 1989
- journal article
- Published by University Library System, University of Pittsburgh in Names
- Vol. 37 (4) , 329-344
- https://doi.org/10.1179/nam.1989.37.4.329
Abstract
A comparative analysis of the street names of many towns in Israel shows the importance of Zionist ideology in the process of naming, although there is apparently a central core of names boasting a national consensus. As a result of the War of Independence (1948), most of the Arab and English street names were changed, an act symbolic of the Jewish and Zionist nature of the urban environment.Keywords
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