In Search of American Place-Name Origins

Clues to Understanding Our Nation's Past and Present

Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States
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Author: Abraham Resnick ISBN: 9781469758077
Publisher: iUniverse Publication: March 6, 2012
Imprint: iUniverse Language: English
Author: Abraham Resnick
ISBN: 9781469758077
Publisher: iUniverse
Publication: March 6, 2012
Imprint: iUniverse
Language: English

A compilation of fascinating and interest-arousing United States place-name origins and their meanings.

The thoroughly researched content includes such naming factors and sources as 1) names of historical events and person note 2) geographic features as determiners 3) Native Americans (Indians) 4) foreign language derivations 5) commemorative and commendatory 6) national and ethnographic 7) literary influences 8) unknown beginnings 9) possessive and personal 10) religious, mythical and classical 11) manufactured and contrived 12) humorous and odd.

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A compilation of fascinating and interest-arousing United States place-name origins and their meanings.

The thoroughly researched content includes such naming factors and sources as 1) names of historical events and person note 2) geographic features as determiners 3) Native Americans (Indians) 4) foreign language derivations 5) commemorative and commendatory 6) national and ethnographic 7) literary influences 8) unknown beginnings 9) possessive and personal 10) religious, mythical and classical 11) manufactured and contrived 12) humorous and odd.

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