The concise dictionary of world place-names /

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Author / Creator:	Everett-Heath, John.
Edition:	2nd ed.
Imprint:	[Oxford] : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Subject:	Gazetteers. Geography -- Dictionaries. Gazetteers. Geography. gazetteers (dictionaries) Dictionaries. Gazetteers. Gazetteers.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12414297

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ISBN:	9780199580897 0199580898 0198605374 9780198605379
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 594-596).
Summary:	"With over 9,000 entries, from Aachen to Zyrardów, this dictionary gives the history, meanings, and origin of an enormous range of country, region, island, city, and town names from around the world. In doing so, it reveals religious and cultural traditions, the migration of peoples, the ebb and flow of armies, the presence of explorers, local languages, industrial developments, topography, as well as superstitions and legends."

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