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CABRAL (António). DICIONÁRIO de Nomes Geográficos de Moçambique: Sua Origem. Lourenço Marques. 1975. - CABRAL (António) DICIONÁRIO de Nomes Geográficos de Moçambique: Sua Origem . Lourenço Marques: Empresa Moderna, 1975. 180 pp.: il.; 210 mm. Dictionary of the Origins of Geographical Names of Mozambique, published in Lourenço Marques in 1975, the year of independence. It is the result of decades of travel throughout the territory, beginning in 1934 in Niassa, near the Lúrio River, and knowledge of the Macua language and, to a lesser extent, Ronga. The author notes that oronyms and potamonyms underwent few changes throughout the colonial period, unlike toponymy, which was strongly marked by the Portuguese presence, especially from 1940 onwards, with the replacement or transplantation of names from Portugal. He points to the constant difficulty of spelling and pronunciation corruptions, caused over the years by both whites and Africans, and the variety of languages and migrations that make it difficult to reach definitive conclusions. The volume opens with an epigraph from UNESCO on oral transmission in non-literate societies and with the text ”From My Reason , ” written in Salisbury in 1973 and in Lourenço Marques in 1974. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate