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Sto caricando le informazioni... Placenames of the World: Origins and Meanings of the Names for over 5000 Natural Features, Countries, Capitals, Territories, Cities and Historic sitesdi Adrian Room
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. 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. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
"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. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)910.014History and Geography Geography and Travel Geography and Travel Geography and Travel Philosophy and theory of geography and travel Communication; Place namesClassificazione LCVotoMedia:
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