Estudo dos nomes das cidades da quarta colônia de imigração italiana no Rio Grande do Sul

Abstract

The present work aims to introduce, describe and explain factors that were key for the constitution of the names of the nine cities that make up the 4th Colony of Italian Immigration, situated in the central region of Rio Grande do Sul, taking into account historical factors, political matters, origin and ethnic identity, as well as cultural aspects that are relevant to this community formed by immigrants, who, for many years, were seeking to establish themselves in a new environment. The main authors studied were Dauzat (1947), Rostaing (1948) and Dick (1990, 1992, 1996). Through this qualitative research a documentation analysis of the proper names of these nine cities was performed. The methodology used was based on an analysis of the formation process and structure of the toponymys, as well as their motivation by using lexicographic-toponymy cards of the nine cities names. The analysis of the data has enabled a better understanding of the history of the Italian immigrants who arrived in these region, as well as political and social relations that were established during the period of colonization and which manifested themselves in the act of assigning names to these cities. Through the knowledge arising from this study, it is expected to contribute to the rescue of the memory of those places and to the formation of citizenship.