Alternate Names of Places - 9780786437122
Un libro in lingua di Adrian Room edito da McFarland & Co Inc Pub, 2009
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UK-based Room is a specialist in place names and their origins, and the author of some 50 reference books on words and names. His latest text contains current and historical alternate names for some 7,000 places around the world; the listings include only the name variations of official or semiofficial status, not nicknames or colloquial abbreviations. Each entry includes the current name, location, and description of the place followed by one or more present or past alternate names; where known, dates of the relevant name changes are also given. The cross-referenced dictionary is supplemented by an appendix listing a selection of names of well-known places in languages other than English, represented by members of seven different language families; and an appendix listing real names and their alternate names in works of fiction, and the authors who employed them. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: Alternate Names of Places
- Sottotitolo: A Worldwide Dictionary
- Lingua: English
- Autore: Adrian Room
- Editore: McFarland & Co Inc Pub
- Collana: (Paperback)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 15 Gennaio '09
- Genere: HISTORY
- Argomento: Gazetteers
- Pagine: 257
- Dimensioni mm: 254 x 177 x 19
- ISBN-10: 078643712X
- EAN-13: 9780786437122