In Search of American Place-Name Origins

In Search of American Place-Name Origins
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Publisher : iUniverse
Total Pages : 156
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ISBN-10 : 1469758075
ISBN-13 : 9781469758077
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Book Synopsis In Search of American Place-Name Origins by : Abraham Resnick

Download or read book In Search of American Place-Name Origins written by Abraham Resnick and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2012-03-06 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compilation of fascinating and interest-arousing United States place-name origins and their meanings. The thoroughly researched content includes such naming factors and sources as 1) names of historical events and person note 2) geographic features as determiners 3) Native Americans (Indians) 4) foreign language derivations 5) commemorative and commendatory 6) national and ethnographic 7) literary influences 8) unknown beginnings 9) possessive and personal 10) religious, mythical and classical 11) manufactured and contrived 12) humorous and odd.


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