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Ecology and Names at the XI Galician Onomastics Conference
What happens to place names when the landscapes they describe disappear? Can the name of a field survive urban development, or the name of a coastal fishing ground remain meaningful after industrial expansion has transformed the shoreline? These questions formed the central theme of the XI Xornada de Onomástica Galega (11th Galician Onomastics Conference), held on 10 October 2026 at the Museo de Pontevedra in northwestern Spain.
Organised by the Onomastics Seminar of the Real Academia Galega (Royal Galician Academy), in collaboration with the Deputación de Pontevedra and the Museo de Pontevedra, the annual meeting adopted the theme Ecoloxía e onomástica (Ecology and Onomastics). The programme brought together researchers from linguistics, geography, biology and archaeology, alongside specialists in education and audiovisual documentation.