Abstract:
This research purposes were to collect, classify, and analyze name place literatures from Kohs and villages in four provinces along the East Coast of Thailand-Chonburi, Rayong, Chantaburi, and Trat. The data was collected by interviewing twenty-eight qualified resource persons. As a result, there are totally collected 296 name places with 368 versions which could be classified by their sources. That could be summarized that name places of kohs retrieved from their shape most. In addition, the name place of villages retrieved from their local plant names most. After collecting information from every source, it could be classified that name places retrieved from plant names, folktales and literatures, shapes, environmental physique, personal names, animal names, things, occupations, locations, important events, other languages and language changing From environmental physique aspect, those name places reflected geographical of the area. Those were Kohs, bays, capes (point), reefs, beaches, river estuaries, canals, swamps, hills, hillooks and woods which were sand, rocks, and water. Also, they were large and small. The land could be high, pointed, blocks and bars, bend, narrow, long, perforated and plain. The area could be in white and black colors. There were many kinds of plants and animals which could be used for making foods, medicines and for inventing many kinds of tools in order to facilitate in their careers and survives. For local history aspect, name places can be referred to the importance in state or local level such as Ling's travels and overnights, ancient and modern wars, it was also referred to important person who established communities. Moreover, for social and culture aspects, name places literatures could reflect social and cultural state in community settlement, local wisdoms, religions, beliefs, and imaginations through tales and the shape of the area.