Often city nicknames are born among the people to simplify the pronunciation of their long names. There are names that clearly make fun of the shortcomings of the settlements or their inhabitants. Sometimes folk names correspond to the old names of villages. The article will discuss alternative names of our cities and the name Eburg.
Meaning of the word
In Wikipedia, such an explanation of the word "Eburg" is given - this is a playful or ironic name for Yekaterinburg. Sometimes it is called the Sverdlovsk region, the Urals, less often - Siberia.
Synonyms of the word: Eburh, Ekat, Yekaterinburg, E-burg, E-burg, Ekaburg.
The origin of this name, according to some versions, goes back to the distant 90s, and it is associated with Internet domains for Ekaterinburg - eburg, e-burg.
In the early 2000s, the name began to be found in literature, for example, in 2014 Ivanov Aleksey's novel “Eburg” was published, dedicated to the Ural life, in the novel of the fate of writers and artists intertwined with the story of how the local gopota became one of the country's most powerful gangs. This is a novel about the life of the city in the dashing 90s.
In 2003, the story of Kuznetsov A. “Tram” mentioned the city of Eburg, in which the main character is going to stay for a couple of days.
But in the 1999 Argumenty i Fakty newspaper, Victor Erofeev calls Johannesburg Eburg. Where is this city located? And why did they call him that?
So what is this city of Eburg?
In general, the word has two roots - "e" and "burg", and the second has several meanings:
- In the encyclopedic dictionary, this is a fortified point or castle in Western Europe in the Middle Ages around which the city arose.
- In the historical dictionary - in the Middle Ages in Western Europe, for example England, fortifications from the Danes were built. These were burgi castles, which were built from the 8th century to the end of the 16th. Signor and his family lived in them. The castle was surrounded by defensive walls, often a moat filled with water. Over time, many burgs turned into cities, and the root began to be present in their names, for example, St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Magdeburg, Orenburg, Edinburgh, Hamburg, Luxembourg, Augsburg, Strasbourg and others.
What kind of city is this - Eburg - this is definitely a toponym. In our country, especially among young people, this is what Yekaterinburg is called.
Eburg or Yekaterinburg?
Yekaterinburg is the largest city in Russia, in 1924 it was renamed Sverdlovsk, but in 1991 it was decided to return it to its former name. The city was formed as a strategically important region of the country, which now provides a link between the Asian and European parts of the state.
It was founded in 1723, the name was given in honor of Catherine the First, and during the reign of Catherine the Great received the status of a county town, in addition, the main road of the Russian state, the Siberian Highway, was laid through it. What is this city of Eburg (Yekaterinburg)? The city arose as a fortification, as a fortress, and received such a name with the root "burg". It became a city connecting Europe and Asia, this window to Asia, as it was called, just like Petersburg was a window to Europe.
Eburg or Johannesburg?
Why then was the city of Johannesburg named in “Arguments and Facts”? Where is this city located?
It is the largest city in the Republic of South Africa. It is the locals who call him "Yoburg", "Egoli", "Yosi", "Eburg". And they decided to use the national name in the newspaper, that is, there is no connection with our Yekaterinburg here. Thus, two completely different cities located on different continents received the same names among the people, quite common among the population in both South Africa and Russia.
Short city names
It should be noted that very often people replace long city names with short ones. Alternative names are sometimes given with ironic overtones, ridiculing the flaws of the city or its inhabitants. Often called settlements in the people of its ancient name.
List of cities and their short names that are used in speech, and sometimes in literature:
- Yoshka - Yoshkar-Ola.
- Magnitogorsk - Magnitogorsk.
- Koenig, Kalik - Kaliningrad.
- Novgorod - Veliky Novgorod.
- Chelyaba - Chelyabinsk.
- Shard - Cherepovets.
- Sasha, Alex - Alexandrov.
- Archangel, Arkhara, city of planks, longing, cod, gate to the Arctic - Arkhangelsk.
- Bahchiparizh - Bakhchisaray.
- The city of the goby is Berdyansk.
- Birik - Birobidzhan.
- Blagoveshchensk - Blagoveshchensk.
- Vladik - Vladikavkaz and Vladivostok.
- Raven, the capital of the Black Earth region, the city of raven - Voronezh.
- House - Domodedovo.
- Houston, Yuzovka - Donetsk.
- Zelik, Greentown - Zelenograd.
- Yanov, the city of brides, the textile capital, Mengrad - Ivanovo.
- Izhik - Izhevsk.
- The middle of the earth, the cultural capital of Siberia is Irkutsk.
- Tatargrad - Kazan.
- Vyatka - Kirov.
- Sour - Kislovodsk.
- Sevast, Sevik - Sevastopol.
- Zagorsk, Lavra, Posad - Sergiev Posad.
- Simfik, Simf - Simferopol.
- Autograd - Togliatti.
- Siberian Athens - Tomsk.
- Gingerbread - Tula.
- The oil and gas capital is Tyumen.
- Oh - Uzhgorod.
- Beehive - Ulyanovsk.
- Ear - Ufa.
- Small Constantinople - Theodosius.
- Ball - Sheremetyevo.
- Russian Nice - Yalta.
- Yarik - Yaroslavl.
With Moscow, a generally complicated story, as it is not popularly called by the people: Nerezinovaya, Third Rome, Moyshkva, Sobyaninsk, Mother See, Golden-domed, Belokamennaya, City on seven hills, Moskalsk, the heart of Russia and others.
St. Petersburg has no less nicknames: the city on the Neva, the swamp, the Second capital, the city of Petrov, the city of the three Revolutions, the criminal capital of Russia, the Northern capital, the window to Europe, the cultural capital of Russia, Peter, Putinburg, St. Leningrad, Northern Palmyra, Northern Venice, Es Bae.
