Editing Norilsk (section)

== Name ==
Norilsk owes its name to its geographical location. The [[Daldykan|Norilsk river]] flows near the city, which is located near the Norilsk [[mountain]]s. The travelers [[Khariton Laptev]], [[Alexander von Middendorff|Alexander Fyodorovich Middendorf]], and [[Fedor Bogdanovich Schmidt]] mentioned the river Norilsk and the Norilsk mountains in their accounts. 

According to the Soviet Arctic explorer [[Nikolay Urvantsev]], the Norilsk river was probably given its former name, Norilka, in the 16th–17th centuries during the existence of the city [[Mangazeya]], when the [[Taymyr Peninsula| Taymyr]] was settled by Russian fishing people.<ref>Урванцев Н. Н. Введение // Открытие Норильска. — М.: Наука, 1981. — 174 с. — (Страницы истории нашей Родины).</ref> It is likely that the name of the river comes from the word ''norilo'', a long thin pole that was used to stretch a string of trap nets from hole to hole under the ice. 

Some argue the name derives from the Yukagir word ''nerile'', meaning "an earthen hill, consisting of some crags, cliffs" (the mountains around Norilsk do indeed resemble ''nerile''s). Others suggest, the name of the river ''(Norilka)'' and, accordingly, the city name come from the [[Evenk language|Evenk]] word ''narus'', or ''nioril'' in [[Yukaghir languages|Yukaghir]], which mean "swamps".<ref name=" Таймыр: ценный или плешивый?">{{Cite web |title=Таймыр: ценный или плешивый?|url=https://gazetazp.ru/news/gorod/2235300000-taymyir-tsennyiy-ili-pleshivyiy.html|access-date=5 March 2022 |publisher=Сайт про Норильск «Заполярная правда»}}</ref> It may also have originated from the name of an Evenk tribe, the Nyurilians; or, from the name of the nearby Lake Murilskoye.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.norilchanin.ru/67nom.htm | title = Norilsk resident, # 8 (67) 03.03.05 | access-date = 2009-07-20 | lang = ru | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20050423212857/http://www.norilchanin.ru/67nom.htm | archive-date = 2005-04-23}} </ref><ref>{{Cite news|lang=ru|url=https://gazetazp.ru/news/gorod/10311-skolko-let-norilsku.html|title=Сколько лет Норильску?|newspaper=Сайт Про Норильск «Заполярная Правда»|access-date=2022-03-05}}</ref>