Alternate names of places : a worldwide dictionary

• Tác giả: Adrian Room
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• ISBN-10: 078643712X
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 910.3 Dictionaries, encyclopedias, concordances, gazetteers
• Thông tin xuất bản: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., 2009
• Mô tả vật lý: v, 257 p. ; , 26 cm.
• Bộ sưu tập: Lịch sử, Địa lý
• ID: 39955
• Chủ đề: 1. Gazetteers; 2. Fictie; 3. Geografische namen; 4. Historische plaatsen

Includes bibliographical references.

Tóm tắt

"This type of geographical dictionary lists past and present alternate names of more than 7,000 places. It focuses on placenames with official or semiofficial status rather than nicknames or colloquial abbreviations. It comments on names and their origins where appropriate. Appendices focus on placenames in non-English languages and on places which have been renamed in fictional works"--Provided by publisher.