About the systems of urbanonyms in Prague housing estates and about the general quetions of orientation in housing estates spaces

Abstract

This paper deals with the names of streets and other public places in Prague housing estates that came to existence between 1945 and 1989. In the most of them urbanonyms make systems, so the paper is concentrated to the systems of urbanonyms.

Furthermore, the text discusses the orientation in spaces which were created during the development of housing estates.

Keywords

• onomastics
• urbanonymy
• housing estates
• Prague