Petar Šimunović
Petar Šimunović | |
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Petar Šimunović in 2008, HAZU | |
| Born | February 19, 1933 |
| Died | August 5, 2014 (aged 81) |
| Nationality | Croatian |
| Occupation | Linguist |
| Academic background | |
| Thesis | Toponimija otoka Brača (1970) |
| Academic work | |
| Notable works | Toponimija otoka Brača (1972) Leksik prezimena Socijalističke Republike Hrvatske (1976) Čakavisch-deutsches Lexikon I-III (1979–1983) Naša prezimena (1985) Istočnojadranska toponimija (1986) Hrvatski prezimenik I-III (2008) |
Petar Šimunović (19 February 1933 – 5 August 2014) was a Croatian linguist, onomastician, dialectologist, lexicographer, and academic member of HAZU. He was considered as the most prominent Croatian onomastician (since the second half of the 20th century), and contributed also in the field of dialectology (particularly about Chakavian dialect).