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Science and technology development is an indication of human civilization progress which has the merit of a religious point of view. Based on anthology and epistemology, the development itself has shown amazing result, however based on axiology, the development itself requires great attention. In this case, there are four phenomenon arise in society related with the integration of religion, economy, and technology; namely i). Religion, economy, and technology are separating; ii) The occurrence of confrontation among religion, economy, and technology; iii) There is a dialogical relationship, and iv) The occurrence of integration. All of the four phenomenon are the axiology basic of human civilization progress. Implementing the axiology in society depends on the integration of religion, politics, economy, and technology with a reciprocal relationship to build benefit, justice, and democracy in a country, particularly in Indonesia. Nowadays in Indonesia, the relationship among religion, economy and technology is at the political policy variant level. Therefore, this research hinges on the integration of religion, politics, economy, and technology in Indonesia.

This study aims to describe types of meanings and identify the semantic relations of place names, as well as explains the migration in Minangkabau on the West Coast of Sumatra. A qualitative research was used where sources of data were taken from interview, Focus Group Discussion (FGD), and documents. The interview and FGD were conducted to society figures, community leaders and government officials. The documents include the names of 22 sub-districts in 11 districts from four provinces, written sources, and other relics related to the names. The findings show that the place names provide knowledge about the relations of the meaning and socio-cultural values. The relation among the meanings of the place names includes synonymy and antonym that reflects the migration of Minangkabau in West Coast of Sumatra. The results also indicated that toponymy studies are very important because the naming of places has not received attention among the communities and has not been a study of interest.