Geographical Names

-- Definition -- Any real world entity referred to by one or several proper nouns.

-- Definition -- Proper way of writing a name. -- Description -- SOURCE Adapted from [UNGEGN Manual 2006]. NOTE Proper spelling means the writing of a name with the correct capitalisation and the correct letters and diacritics present in an accepted standard order.

-- Definition -- Proper, correct or standard (standard within the linguistic community concerned) pronunciation of a name. -- Description -- SOURCE Adapted from [UNGEGN Manual 2006].

-- Definition -- Proper noun applied to a real world entity.

-- Definition -- The type of a named place.

-- Definition -- The grammatical number of a geographical name.

-- Definition -- The status of a geographical name, that is the information enabling to discern which credit should be given to the name with respect to its standardisation and/or its topicality. -- Description -- NOTE The precise definition of the values 'Official', 'Standardised', 'Historical' and 'Other' can only be decided by Member States according to their legislation and practice.

-- Definition -- The nativeness of a geographical name.

-- Definition -- The grammatical gender of a geographical name.