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A STUDY OF GEOGRAPHY FROM TOPONYMS OF THE VILLAGE’S NAME IN SUPHANBURI PROVINCE

Jeeraporn Kijcharoen1, Komol Prachkatany2 1Faculty of Economics Ramkhamhaeng University E-mail: [email protected]

Abstract The purpose of this research was to group the geographical names, and to analyze the geographical toponyms of the villages in Suphanburi province. By this research. A documentary research study was conducted with a sample of 1,008 villages in Suphanburi province.Geographical toponyms Indication Grouping Land use was found to have a total of 700 geographic names and 321 villages in the water and water areas, followed by highlands of 127 villages. The land use 97 villages, waterside area 69 villages, lowland area 54 villages, hill area 25 villages and island 7 villages.

Keywords: 1.geography 2.Toponyms 3.Supanburi province

Introduction top is narrower than the bottom. The rice pot is the There are many names of geography, such narrow mouth, wide hole called pot hole. as Kut Khok Khaom, Sub-Pum Som, Bang Nong Each name can indicate the geographical Huay Mab, etc. Some names help to know the features. Physical characteristics of the area For location of the political science of the place, such as example, he shows that the area is in the mountains Kut is a dialect of . The area is located in the of Don Khok Phon and Ma, indicating that the area is northeast, Kuan is a Southern dialect, indicating that in a higher elevation than the plain. The cave is the the area is located in the south, and Mong is the source of the topography of the limestone mountains. western dialect. The area is located in the north. The name may also indicate the use of land, such as Geographical Names Education will help us the forest shows that the area is thick forest. There understand and understand the terrain. physical And are trees, fields, gardens, or farms that are used for the process of land formation, such as "Kumphaluck" farming, farming, etc. or pot hole, is a geologically shaped, round-like, pot- The name can also indicate the location of a like terrain. (Prasit Wittaya, 2002: 252-253). Pebble geographic location, such as a waterfall (the water on with the base stone to form a groove and hole. When the hill falls to the cliffs). Gorge (his deep channel). the water passes, it pushes the gravel into the Cliffs (rock at the hill, such as cliffs. Slopes, mountains bottom of the pool. Color of the hole. The hole in the such as cliffs, mountains with the land that cliffs), etc. [421] วารสารรัชต์ภาคย์ ปีที่ 12 ฉบับที่ 26 พฤษภาคม-สิงหาคม 2561 TCI กลุ่มที่ 2 มนุษยศาสตร์และสังคมศาสตร์

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These names can indicate that the location is located in This research is a geography study of the the high mountains, boulders, arches and kudos. The village of Suphanburi. The researcher studied the mystery of the location is in the middle or at the end of theory. the river, and so on. (1) ToponymsLandscape (1) refers to land, Therefore, the study of the nouns is useful in land (Royal Institute 1999: p. 825). many aspects, such as knowing the location. Both (2) Knowledge refers to knowledge (Royal political and geographic. Know the nature of the terrain. Academy 1999: 826).The name is a name, a word in And the use of land. The reason for choosing the name the grammatical form for calling people, animals, or of the village in Suphanburi province is because of other things (Royal Academy 1999: 576). . It is located in the central part of . Nomenclature means study place. Study From The province has a long history. It can names of places for the sake of knowing the history be seen from the Don Chedi, etc. The geography of of the place. Or for other benefits (Nirat Corner, Suphanburi. The landscape is the north. And west 2007: 9-11). There are areas with the river. The Geographical nouns are useful in the flows through the river basin (Tha Chin), a major rice knowledge of the meaning of the names of places, growing area of Thailand. Suphanburi is Thailand's 21st because the words that comprise the name of each Prime Minister, Banharn Silpa-archa, and many famous place have their own meaning. In addition, the name people from many provinces such as Maekwan is also useful to know the history of the name of the Chitrong, Sripratan Surapol, Sombat Charoen, Khun place that the name has come from any time. Set up Poompuang Duangchan, Prof. Dr. Sombat in any occasion Or how has it changed? Some places Thamrongthanawong. Attractions such as Wat Rong may be called according to the physical location, Wua Chawak honor. Buffalo Thai Buffalo Village Sam social traditions, such as the name of the leader. The Chuk Market Supanburi is also home to Ban Somdet name of the place is called by the natural Chao Phraya Rajabhat University, U-Thong, environment, such as the water valley, the city of Campus (Yasodhong Pool), located at Sa-Yai Sub- Chonburi, Pathum Thani, Bo Yang, Huaymud, etc. District, , . For the The name refers to social traditions, many of them reasons mentioned above. The researcher interested to are called by religion, such as the holy saint (saint) Or study geography. The village of Suphanburi. called by history, such as the cities of Athens and Research Objectives Rome or called by the settlers, such as many cities in To group by landscape. And land use to the United States. America And Australia is named gather the geography of the village in Suphanburi. after the city in England. Losantiville was renamed to analyze the nature of the area. Cincinatus in honor of the important people in the Literary review Revolutionary War.

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The name of the place, in addition to being Relief means the difference in altitude of the used as an indication or reference source, is for area, such as the valley, mountain valley, have reference or mutual recognition. It also provides other different altitudes. This low altitude, when considered interesting information such as the landscape of the an overview, is called. Topography (Paiboon village, such as Non Sung House, Nakhon Boonchai, 2006) Ratchasima, etc. Tell the terrain of the village that on The first order of relief is to define two broad the hill. Tell the story about people who live in terms groups of landforms: (1) continental platforms; The of occupation, such as home, home, etc., tell the ocean floor (Ocean basins) is the earth, the ocean background. Those living in the area, such as New floor, and the ocean, which is approximately 71% of York, say that the original homestead of the first the surface of the world. Second Order of R elief) is a settlers came from York, England. When they settled low altitude, both continental and oceanic, with in New York, they were called New York. varying heights. For example, the continent has its Study the name of the place so interesting. own terrain and structures, such as the new alpine Because of some of the characteristics of the area, chains and old stone structures. Continental shields, which reflects the name. This may be geographic etc. The topography under the ocean floor. There is a information. History Faith Some of the local culture ridge in the middle of the ocean. Abyssal plain, etc. can be seen in the local area. Third Order of Relief is terrain grouping. Local Each (2) terrain characteristicsThe earth's surface group of mountains is characterized by cliffs, valleys, consists of three parts (71%) and one part (29%). The mountains, mountains, etc. (Paiboon Boonchai, 2006). surface of the earth is unequal to the relief of the Terrain As a result of two factors: energy in earth. Natural and human-related processes produce the world. And solar energy. Energy in the world The topography, which is the surface of the Earth that crust caused the movement. Raise or lower down. represents the horizontal dimension. And vertical Including the insertion of melting rocks from the crust integration (The Science and Mathematics Textbook beneath the crust. Call this process Tectonics Solar Project, San Francisco., 2002: 5). energy Make a crater Erosion, erosion and Terrain refers to the physical and natural sedimentation Call this process Leveling of the earth characteristics of the land. Include the lower Both processes work against one another, namely, the elevations of the surface of the earth, lakes, roads, transformation of the world. It is a process that makes and cities (Dictionary of the Royal Academy 1999: the tectonic plates increase in height. Earth leveling It 825 pages).Topography refers to the shape of the is a process that causes the crust to be leveled down. surface of the Earth. The low altitude is uneven, The terrain that is seen today causing a high altitude, low ground and water surface Methodology if the surface of the world is flat. All is not a terrain. This research is a geography study of the (Thailand Philanthropy, 1991) village of Suphanburi. Qualitative Approach By [423] วารสารรัชต์ภาคย์ ปีที่ 12 ฉบับที่ 26 พฤษภาคม-สิงหาคม 2561 TCI กลุ่มที่ 2 มนุษยศาสตร์และสังคมศาสตร์

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studying the name of the village in Suphan Buri The results of the geographic study of the Province, 1,008 villages were classified by villages in Suphan Buri province showed that geographical classification. And land use After that, Geographical classification of the landscape. The total collect the aliases in each group. And the meaning of number of 700 villages and the highest number of each word. And analyze the characteristics of the area water and water sources was 321 villages, followed from the pseudonym. by the highlands of 127 villages. The total land area The results of 97 villages was 69 water areas. There are 54 villages in the lowlands, 25 villages and 7 villages in the villages.

Table 1 Show the geographical classification of villages in Suphanburi province. District Water High Waterfront Low area mountain Island Land use Total and space area water place Suphan Buri 30 18 14 6 1 2 11 82 DambangnagbudJ 34 8 25 4 8 2 11 92 Bangpama 18 24 5 14 0 0 8 69 Sleepachan 19 7 1 3 0 2 10 42 Songpenong 31 19 7 22 0 0 18 97 Samchuk 27 3 9 4 0 0 5 48 U yhong 51 31 5 1 9 1 10 108 Donjedee 26 8 2 0 0 0 4 40 Densey 42 3 1 0 7 0 17 70 Nongyasai 43 6 0 0 0 0 3 52 Total 321 127 69 54 25 7 97 700

Geographical Names, Geographical Names, Geography of the water area is the mouth of Geographic Names in Water and Water Resources, the canal. including Huai Nong, Khlong Bueng Lam, Kwang Kha Geographically, the highland areas include Bo Rong, Wang Wang, Pong Pue, Irrigation, Waterfall, Don Khok Phon and Mound Hill. , Fountain, Weir and Sea Geographic names in lowland areas include some slopes

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Geographical nomenclature in the group The use of land (Land use) found that the include hill and rock. use of land based on the area, such as Dan Chang. Geographical nomenclature in the island There is mostly space. So the land is a hill tribe group is the island. forest, including bamboo, which is located in the area Geographic names in the land use group is not high. What areas of the river flow through the include forest, bamboo forest, farm field, rice field, river, such as Ton Ngang, Amphoe Sam stalls.An analysis of the landscape of the landscape, it Chuk, Si Prachan. Amphoe Mueang Suphan Buri is found that most of the major names found in the And the two brothers, etc., water and water resources are 321 villages, most of making the area is flat. It is suitable for cultivation of which are naturally occurring such as canals, nong, plants, so the use of land is a farmer's farm. Such as ponds, ponds, ponds, grooves, etc. The main Discussions natural water source of Suphanburi is the Suphan In this study, the researcher grouped and Buri River (Tha Chin) flows through the district. Bang collected the geographical names of villages in Nang Buat district Chuk . Amphoe Suphanburi province. Find out which issues should be Mueang Suphan Buri Bang Pla Ma District And two discussed. brothers. The area becomes a lowland plain (Tha The most common names in the water and Chin) water resources are 321 villages. Suphan Buri The geological characteristics of Suphan Buri province has a large area of lowland river (Tha Chin). province referring to the geographic features of And slope foothills. The main river is the Suphan Buri Suphan Buri Province consisted of the western (Tha Chin) flows through the creek. Three Crocodile mountainous area, . There are 7 Creek In accordance with the research of Olarn hill tribe villages in the area. The foothills are the area Rattanapakdee and Vimol Sirisak Buppha (2008), the between the mountains and the lowlands in the north study of the name of the village in Lampang of the province. There are 8 villages in the middle of province. The study found that the most common the group is Mueang Suphanburi. There are 1 village meanings were 278 water and water resources, of and the southwestern part of District. There which 600 names reflect the characteristics of are 9 villages. settlements. The popular settlement near the water. The plains are suitable for cultivation.

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