S18: Editorial issues
 
 

2. Producing the names index - C) Homonyms

 


Homonyms (#130) are differentiated in the names index by adding generic (Panamá (country) vs Panamá (city)) or locational attributes.

Take Santiago for instance, a geographical name current in many Spanish-speaking countries. It is differentiated by adding either the location or some other attribute:

  • Santiago (Chile)
  • Santiago de Compostela
  • Santiago de Cuba
  • Santiago del Estero
  • Santiago (Dominican Republic)
  • Santiago (Philippines)

Or:

  • San Francisco and
  • San Francisco, Bay of. (Illustration from Goode's Atlas)


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