Anthroponymous fishing grounds were named by Norfolk Islanders after Norfolk Islanders.
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Anthroponymous
Synonyms for "anthroponymous"
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Theses spaces happened to be anthroponymous, given that the military groups and their families adopted as surnames the space that they occupied within the interior of the village.
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It is not clear on what basis the names were chosen, but a systematic anthroponymous linkage across generations and between affines seemed likely.
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