Consell de Formentera publishes print edition of work on local toponymy

foto 2023iv toponimaThe Language Advisory Service of the Consell de Formentera is pleased to announce that, together with the Onomastics Society and in collaboration with the Onomastics Office of the Institut d'Estudis Catalans, it has published a physical edition of La toponímia de Formentera, a work by philologists Vicent Ferrer i Mayans and Enric Ribes i Marí.

In nearly 900 pages, this work brings together the toponyms and microtoponyms of the island, which, until now, were collected in scattered or even unpublished publications. The work also presents a toponymic map allowing readers to explore nooks, points, caves, passes, hills and roads of the island's interior and coast, name by name.

"This work will help us visualise our linguistic and toponymic heritage and allow us to preserve it and pass it on", said Raquel Guasch, heritage and language policy councillor.

The work, which will go on sale today, will be presented on 1 May in the Consell de Formentera plenary hall as part of the 49th Onomastics Society Colloquium. Colloquium attendees will also enjoy various communications concerning local toponymy.


20 April 2023
Office of Communication
Consell de Formentera