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Chargement... Placenames of the World: Origins and Meanings of the Names for over 5000 Natural Features, Countries, Capitals, Territories, Cities and Historic sitespar Adrian Room
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Preface describes ten categories of placename etymology, such as commendatory, incident names, descriptive, and mistakes; naming patterns in each continent; and placename frequencies. Lists most common placenames in the U.S. Obviously, this source cannot name every single placename on the globe. As useful and maddening as all of Room's productions; you can't trust it (under Peking/Beijing: "alternative name of Peiping has same meaning"), and there are bizarre inclusions (Cortina d'Ampezzo, Costa Smeralda, Costa Verde) and exclusions (Babylon, Carthage, Lhasa), but I refer to it all the time. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
Références à cette œuvre sur des ressources externes. Wikipédia en anglais (51)"First published in 1997, the work in this new edition contains over 7,000 entries, including 1,000 new placenames from previously under-represented areas such as China and Japan. Entries cover natural features as well as manmade entities. Each entry includes the name of the feature; a brief description and its geographical location; and the origin of the name"--Provided by publisher. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Google Books — Chargement... GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)910.014History and Geography Geography and Travel Geography and Travel Geography and Travel Philosophy and theory of geography and travel Communication; Place namesClassification de la Bibliothèque du CongrèsÉvaluationMoyenne:
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