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| | IV Onomastics Conference |
 | | Enrike Knörr, President of the Onomastics Commission of Euskaltzainda, along with José Luis Lizundia, Secretary of the Commission, Juanjo Zearreta, Treasurer of Euskaltzaindia, and Linda White, Assistant Coordinator of the Basque Studies Program, began planning the conference almost a year in advance. |
 | | Onomastics is the study of names--place names, peoples names, how mountains or prairies or states came to be named, who named them, and why. |
 | | In addition, Jose Mallea spoke briefly to the group on his current research of Basque tree carvings in the American West, explaining their historical significance and igniting sparks of interest among the attendant scholars who were for the most part unaware of this Basque-American phenomenon. |
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