Nicknames of Places
Subtitle: Origins And Meanings of the Alternate And Secondary Names, Sobriquets, Titles, Epithets And ...
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Published: September 1, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 365
ISBN-13: 9780786424979
Subjects: Place names & gazetteers; Reference works; Reference; History - General History; History; History: World; Reference - General; Dictionaries - General; World - General; Earth Sciences - Geography; Names, Geographical
Description: "Many places in the world, from the smallest settlement to the largest expanse of land or water, have a secondary name. This new dictionary is devoted to over 4,500 such names. The Dictionary entries are arranged alphabetically by secondary name and include the city's real name, its location, and an explanation of the secondary name"--Provided by publisher.