%0 Journal Article
%T THRACIAN TOPONYMIC COMPONENT -PARA AND ANCIENT BULGARIAN WORD BOR
%J State and Problems of Bulgarian Onomastics
%D 2013
%X This article offers typological-linguistic comparative analysis of the Thracian toponymic component -PARA and the ancient Bulgarian word BOR. BOR can be seen in Bulgarian and east Iranian settlement names with the meaning ¡®fortress embankment¡®, ¡®stone fence¡®, ¡®fortress¡®, ¡®fort¡®. The comparison between them shows similar meaning of the Thracian settlement names with component PARA ¡®fortified village¡® with initial meaning ¡®wall¡®, ¡®(fortress) embankment, dike¡®, ¡®stone fence¡®. This meaning is confirmed by the definition of the ancient authors for these settlements as ¡®castles¡®
%K PARA^ Thracians^ BOR^ ancient Bulgarians^ fortress^ castle
%U http://journals.uni-vt.bg/onom/eng/vol13/iss1/15