Names & Nicknames of Places & Things
Names & Nicknames of Places & Things

Author: Laurence Urdang

Publisher: Macmillan Reference USA

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13:

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This fascinating reference provides connotative definitions of 1,500 legendary, fictional, and real locales and landmarks worldwide - from Amazonia to Vatican City, from Atlantis to the Watergate Hotel, from the Black Hole to Calcutta to Westminster Abbey.

Place Names
Place Names

Author: Francesco Perono Cacciafoco

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2023-02-28

Total Pages: 323

ISBN-13: 1108803032

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What are place names? From where do they originate? How are they structured? What do they signify? How important are they in our life? This groundbreaking book explores these compelling questions and more by providing a thorough introduction to the assumptions, theories, terminology, and methods in toponymy and toponomastics – the studies of place names, or toponyms. It is the first comprehensive resource on the topic in a single volume, and explores the history and development of toponyms, focusing on the conceptual and methodological issues pertinent to the study of place names around the world. It presents a wide range of examples and case studies illustrating the structure, function, and importance of toponyms from ancient times to the present day. Wide ranging yet accessible, it is an indispensable source of knowledge for students and scholars in linguistics, toponymy and toponomastics, onomastics, etymology, and historical linguistics.

Place Names of Hawaii
Place Names of Hawaii

Author: Mary Kawena Pukui

Publisher: University of Hawaii Press

Published: 1976-12-01

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 9780824805241

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How many place names are there in the Hawaiian Islands? Even a rough estimate is impossible. Hawaiians named taro patches, rocks, trees, canoe landings, resting places in the forests, and the tiniest spots where miraculous events are believed to have taken place. And place names are far from static--names are constantly being given to new houses and buildings, streets and towns, and old names are replaced by new ones. It is essential, then, to record the names and the lore associated with them now, while Hawaiians are here to lend us their knowledge. And, whatever the fate of the Hawaiian language, the place names will endure. The first edition of Place Names of Hawaii contained only 1,125 entries. The coverage is expanded in the present edition to include about 4,000 entries, including names in English. Also, approximately 800 more names are included in this volume than appear in the second edition of the Atlas of Hawaii.

Utah Place Names
Utah Place Names

Author: John W. Van Cott

Publisher: University of Utah Press

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 484

ISBN-13: 9780874803457

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Utah toponyms, or place names. Where are they? What istheir history? Their importance? Over thousand toponyms are listed alphabetically, marking the passagesof peoples and cultures from earliest times.

Nicknames of Places
Nicknames of Places

Author: Adrian Room

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 408

ISBN-13:

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"Many places in the world, from the smallest settlement to the largest expanse of land or water, have a secondary name. This new dictionary is devoted to over 4,500 such names. The Dictionary entries are arranged alphabetically by secondary name and include the city's real name, its location, and an explanation of the secondary name"--Provided by publisher.