The concise dictionary of world place-names /

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Author / Creator:	Everett-Heath, John, author.
Edition:	Fourth edition.
Imprint:	[Oxford] : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Subject:	Gazetteers. Geography -- Dictionaries. Names, Geographical -- Etymology -- Dictionaries. Gazetteers Geography Names, Geographical -- Etymology dictionaries. gazetteers (dictionaries) Dictionaries Gazetteers Dictionaries. Gazetteers.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12357696

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Other authors / contributors:	Oxford University Press.
ISBN:	9780191866326 0191866326
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references. Online resource; title from publisher's description (Oxford Reference Online Premium, viewed September 21, 2018).
Summary:	"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

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