淸風府 洞里名의 形成과 變遷에 관한 硏究 - 北面, 東面, 遠南面, 近南面, 遠西面 지역을 中心으로 -

Abstract

Almost all the village names in Korea are sino-korean translations of native korean place names. While sino-korean place names gained their legal status as official place names, native korean place names have been gradually out of use. Of all the village names examined in this study, 54.8% are registered in 『Geographical Map of Korea(輿地圖書)』, 『Description of Chungcheong Province(忠淸道邑誌)』, 『Catalogue of Administrative Names of Korean Empire(舊韓國地方行政區域名稱一覽)』, 『Catalogue of New and Ancient Village Names of Administrative districts in Korea(新舊對照朝鮮全道府郡面里洞名稱一覽)』 and still remain unchanged. Thus, it can be concluded that original form of current village names dates before the publication of 『Geographical Map of Korea(輿地圖書)』. As this area was not affected by any great administrative rearrangement, most of the village names underwent no remarkable change except some variations of original place names. Some village names are originally named after sino-korean words. However, in earlier times, sino-korean translations of native korean place names were prevalent. There are two types of sino-korean translation: sound- based translation and meaning-based translation. Mostly, the rear parts are meaning-based translation. As for the place names examined in this study, most of their front parts are meaning-based translations while some cases of sound-based translations can be found.