The New Century cyclopedia of names
By: edited by Clarence L. Barnhart, with the assistance of William D. Halsey, and a staff of more than 350 consulting scholars, special editors, and other contributors.
Contributors: Barnhart, Clarence Lewis, 1900-; Halsey, William Darrach, 1918-
Publisher: Prentice-Hall
Published: 1977
Place of publication: Englewood Cliffs, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 4342
Subjects: Encyclopedias and dictionaries.
Other titles: Century cyclopedia of names.
Description: This is a unique reference work consisting solely of information about proper names having importance in the English-speaking world. English and native spellings, pronunciations, and essential facts are given about more than 100,000 names such as persons, places, events, plays and operas, works of fiction, literary characters, works of art, mythological and legendary persons and places, etc.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. A-Emin Pasha.; title: v. 2. Em'ly-Nakuru.; title: v. 3. Nala-Zyryanians & appendices.