Cross-cultural analysis of proper names in everyday realia (based on the English and German languages)

This work is devoted to cross-cultural analysis of proper names in everyday realia based on the material of English and German languages. The relevance of this study lies in the fact that proper names in everyday realia are not studied well in both native and foreign linguistics. The article provides definitions of such concepts as: toponym, geographical name, choronym, comonym, astyonym, limnonyms, potamonym, insulonym and realia. The work carried out a cross-cultural analysis and compiled classification of toponyms in everyday realia based on the material of the English and German languages. As a result of the cross-cultural analysis, the author comes to a conclusion that everyday realia of toponymic origin in the English and German languages got their names in honour of those places (cities, provinces, regions, subregions, communes, villages and farmlands, islands, rivers and lakes) where they were first produced. The results of the study can be used in compiling bilingual onomastic dictionaries, in compiling courses on toponymy and onomastics.