Title: Lagoas de Imbituba, SC: Margens encantadas que contribuem para um estudo etnoponímico
Abstract: Based on the influence of toponimic names to preserve the traditions, the aim of this work was to investigate and classify the major names of neighborhoods, lakes, hills, lots that compose the municipality of Imbituba, Santa Catarina, in-order to elucidate their designative motivational perspectives.Twelve lakes that make up the city were analyzed and the neighborhoods that are at its surroundings, since it is through the analysis of "place names" that it is possible to understand and interpret the traditions and customs of men who lived or live in a particular region.When making a study of a toponimic location, the very mentality of the denominator can be understood, not only as an isolated element but as a projection of a social group.Aiming the overall objective of the work -study and analysis of different place names of the surveyed districts -the footsteps of cataloging the taxonomic place names along the lines proposed by Dick (1992) have been followed.Dick's work has 27 (twenty seven) categories, distributed in taxonomies of physical nature (11 taxes) and taxonomies of anthropo-cultural nature (16 taxes), and are integrated into a larger project, coordinated by the author named Brazilian Toponymic Atlas (BTA).As a result in developing this issue, "at the light of toponymy", its integral and interdisciplinary nature is justified, what enables the study of a particular social reality, unveiling its culture, habits and interests.