Words And Places or Etymological Illustrations of History, Ethnology And Geography
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Published: January 30, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 392
ISBN-13: 9781417971572
Subjects: Anthropology; Sociology; Social Science; Archaeology / Anthropology; Anthropology - General
First sentence: LOCAL NAMES-whether they belong to provinces, cities, and villages, or are the designations of rivers and mountains-are never mere arbitrary sounds, devoid of meaning.