Place Names of the World - Europe
Place Names of the World - Europe

Author: J. Everett-Heath

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2000-08-01

Total Pages: 416

ISBN-13: 0230286739

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Place names are a window into the history and characteristics of a country. Their names reflect the migrations of peoples, their religious and cultural traditions, local languages, conquests and fortifications long since disappeared. They also reflect the topography and industrial development of a place. The text is ordered by country alphabetically. The book will include a historical section, putting the place name into context, and references those events, which have had an impact on the geography of a country, and those foreign influences, which have played a part in shaping the place name. This volume is confined to the 38 countries of Europe, together with Andorra, Gibraltar, Liechtenstein, Malta, Monaco, San Marino, Cyprus and the Vatican City. All place names of cities and towns of particular importance and interest are included. Detailed maps accompany the text to illustrate change and evolution.

The Concise Dictionary of World Place-names
The Concise Dictionary of World Place-names

Author: John Everett-Heath

Publisher:

Published: 2018

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9780191866326

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"Includes over 11,000 entries. This dictionary explores the history, meanings, and origin of place names around the world. It covers continents, countries, regions, islands, bays, capes, cities, towns, deserts, lakes, mountains, and rivers, giving the name in the local language as well as key historical facts associated with many place names. The fourth edition includes updates to French regions and to Ukrainian place names. In addition to the entries themselves, the dictionary includes a glossary of foreign word elements which appear in place names and their meaning, as well as a list of personalities and leaders who have influenced the naming of places around the world"--Publisher.

Placenames of the World
Placenames of the World

Author: Adrian Room

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2024-10-17

Total Pages: 441

ISBN-13: 1476603138

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A placename is often much more than just a label. A name may bespeak the history of a nation, the culture of a people, or the hopes of an individual. Such connections are revealed in this very large reference work on placenames of the world, which offers an in-depth look at the origins of each. First published in 1997, this 2006 edition contains 6,000+ entries--natural features such as mountains, rivers and lakes and human entities such as cities and countries. Each entry includes the name of the feature; a brief description and its geographical location; and the origin of the name with relevant historical, biographical and topographical details. Appendices give the meanings of common elements of non-English placenames (e.g., Abu, as in Abu Dhabi, means "father of"); major placenames in European languages (e.g., Pays-Bas and Paesi Bassi are the French and Italian names, respectively, for what English speakers call the Netherlands); and transcribed Chinese-language equivalents for the names of the world's countries and capitals.

Ancient Celtic Placenames in Europe and Asia Minor, Number 39
Ancient Celtic Placenames in Europe and Asia Minor, Number 39

Author: Patrick Sims-Williams

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Published: 2006-07-24

Total Pages: 424

ISBN-13: 9781405145701

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An original study revealing the history of place-names from Ireland to Anatolia, from Scotland to the Apennines, and from to Andalusia the Black Seas. Includes numerous original maps and uncovers new methodology for linguistic geography Uses a dataset of over 20,000 names recorded by Greek and Latin authors such as Polybius, Caesar and Tacitus and by early geographers such as Strabo, Pliny, Ptolemy and the Ravenna Cosmographer A significant work for archaeologists, historians and philologists studying the early distribution of Celtic and other Indo-European languages

A History of English Place Names and Where They Came From
A History of English Place Names and Where They Came From

Author: John Moss

Publisher: Pen and Sword History

Published: 2020-05-30

Total Pages: 410

ISBN-13: 1526722879

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The origin of the names of many English towns, hamlets and villages date as far back as Saxon times, when kings like Alfred the Great established fortified borough towns to defend against the Danes. A number of settlements were established and named by French Normans following the Conquest. Many are even older and are derived from Roman placenames. Some hark back to the Vikings who invaded our shores and established settlements in the eighth and ninth centuries. Most began as simple descriptions of the location; some identified its founder, marked territorial limits, or gave tribal people a sense of their place in the grand scheme of things. Whatever their derivation, placenames are inextricably bound up in our history and they tell us a great deal about the place where we live.

The Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names
The Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names

Author: John Everett-Heath

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2019-09-19

Total Pages: 1854

ISBN-13: 0192602543

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This unique and informative dictionary explores the history, meanings, and origin of place names around the world. In over 11,000 entries it covers an enormous geographical range, including continents, countries, islands, cities, mountains, rivers, and much more. Key historical facts are incorporated into each entry, as well as a record of the place name in the local language for an accurate and comprehensive account. For this fifth edition, 134 entirely new entries have been added, including Byzantine Empire, Lac qui Parle, Nasr, Sauk City, and Yekaterinogradskaya. Existing entries have also been fully updated to reflect recent socio-political and geographical changes, most notably in Eswatini and Northern Macedonia. In addition to the entries themselves, the dictionary contains invaluable supplementary content to support the text. There is a glossary of foreign word elements which appear in place names, as well as a list of personalities and leaders who have influenced the naming of places around the world.

Place Names
Place Names

Author: Francesco Perono Cacciafoco

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2023-02-28

Total Pages: 323

ISBN-13: 1108490166

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Illustrated with numerous case studies, this book is the first comprehensive overview of the related fields of toponymy and toponomastics.

International Encyclopedia of Human Geography
International Encyclopedia of Human Geography

Author:

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2019-11-29

Total Pages: 7278

ISBN-13: 0081022964

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International Encyclopedia of Human Geography, Second Edition, Fourteen Volume Set embraces diversity by design and captures the ways in which humans share places and view differences based on gender, race, nationality, location and other factors—in other words, the things that make people and places different. Questions of, for example, politics, economics, race relations and migration are introduced and discussed through a geographical lens. This updated edition will assist readers in their research by providing factual information, historical perspectives, theoretical approaches, reviews of literature, and provocative topical discussions that will stimulate creative thinking. Presents the most up-to-date and comprehensive coverage on the topic of human geography Contains extensive scope and depth of coverage Emphasizes how geographers interact with, understand and contribute to problem-solving in the contemporary world Places an emphasis on how geography is relevant in a social and interdisciplinary context

Arthropods of Medical Importance in Europe (exclusive of the European U. S. S. R.)
Arthropods of Medical Importance in Europe (exclusive of the European U. S. S. R.)

Author: Renato Marcos Labadan

Publisher:

Published: 1970

Total Pages: 376

ISBN-13:

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The occurrence of insects and other arthropods of medical importance in Europe (excluding the European USSR) is summarized on the basis of a compilation of almost all available references in the scientific literature. The report includes, for each major group of arthropods, a listing of species and subspecies with biological and distributional data, tabulations of diseases or disease organisms transmitted, and complete literature citations. The groups of arthropods included, with the number of species or subspecies in parentheses, are: Mosquitoes (363), Black flies (206), Sand flies (42), Midges (115), Horse flies (379), Biting flies (5), Non-biting flies (38), Fleas (330), Bugs (9), Urticating and vesicating arthropods (4), Ticks (159), Mites (34), and Miscellaneous arthropods (20). (Author).