Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names - Based on the Collections of the English Place-Name Society

Klappentext Alphabetical listing of all place-names of England, with historical and etymological commentaries. Zusammenfassung Originally published in 2004! this is a major reference work! containing around 20!000 entries with historical and etymological commentaries on the names of cities! towns! villages! hamlets! rivers! streams! hills and other geographical locations in England. It also uses maps and illustrations to demonstrate the significance of the names. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Guide to dictionary entries; List of abbreviations; Glossary of most frequently used elements; Distribution maps; References; Places-names.

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• Authors: Victor Watts, Victor (University of Durham) Watts
• Assisted by: Margaret Gelling (Editor), John Insley (Editor), Victor Watts (Editor), Victor (University of Durham) Watts (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.02.2011
• EAN: 9780521168557
• ISBN: 978-0-521-16855-7
• No. of pages: 778
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > General, dictionaries