In Search Of American Place Name Origins

Author : Abraham Resnick
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1469758059
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book In Search of American Place-Name Origins written by Abraham Resnick and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2012-03 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Abraham Resnick
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 9781469758077
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book In Search of American Place-Name Origins written by Abraham Resnick and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2012-03-06 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : George R. Stewart
Publisher : New York : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 600 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Place-names written by George R. Stewart and published by New York : Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1970 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In dictionary format, the origins of 12,000 American place-names are given with information on their location.

Author : Henry 1846-1914 Gannett
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781022890060
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Names, a Guide to the Origin of Place Names in the United States written by Henry 1846-1914 Gannett and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why is there a town called 'Intercourse' in Pennsylvania? Who named 'Paint Rock' in Texas? This comprehensive guide offers fascinating insight into the origins of place names across the United States, tracing the linguistic, historical, and cultural roots of each. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Frank K. Gallant
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486483606
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Place Called Peculiar written by Frank K. Gallant and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-02-16 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Bug Tussle, Alabama, to Donnybrook, New York, this pop-culture history offers a highly entertaining survey of America's most unusual place-names and their often-humorous origins. The author traveled the country, recording the best stories and legends he encountered. The only nationwide survey of its kind, it's a great browsing book with a state-by-state format for easy reference

Author : Don Blevins
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780756755706
Total Pages : 435 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Peculiar, Uncertain, and Two Egg written by Don Blevins and published by . This book was released on 2002-06-01 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating book, the result of many years of research, is a collection of more than 3,000 odd town names and their origins. If you start looking, you will find that America is filled with towns with fascinating monikers. For instance, there is a small town called Two Egg in the Florida panhandle, which received its name from the time a store opened there and the first customer walked in and asked for "two eggs." The list goes on and on, including stories of such intriguing places as Peculiar, Uncertain, Embarrass, Baby Head, Coupon, Gnaw Bone, Goose Egg, Total Wreck, and Welfare. How charming to know that just a few miles from the Interstate lies a tiny hamlet by the name of Hot Coffee or Pancake. Maps.

Author : George R. Stewart
Publisher : New York Review of Books
ISBN 13 : 1590172736
Total Pages : 559 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Names on the Land written by George R. Stewart and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2008-07-01 with total page 559 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George R. Stewart’s classic study of place-naming in the United States was written during World War II as a tribute to the varied heritage of the nation’s peoples. More than half a century later, Names on the Land remains the authoritative source on its subject, while Stewart’s intimate knowledge of America and love of anecdote make his book a unique and delightful window on American history and social life. Names on the Land is a fascinating and fantastically detailed panorama of language in action. Stewart opens with the first European names in what would later be the United States—Ponce de León’s flowery Florída, Cortés’s semi-mythical isle of California, and the red Rio Colorado—before going on to explore New England, New Amsterdam, and New Sweden, the French and the Russian legacies, and the unlikely contributions of everybody from border ruffians to Boston Brahmins. These lively pages examine where and why Indian names were likely to be retained; nineteenth-century fads that gave rise to dozens of Troys and Athens and to suburban Parksides, Brookmonts, and Woodcrest Manors; and deep and enduring mysteries such as why “Arkansas” is Arkansaw, except of course when it isn’t. Names on the Land will engage anyone who has ever wondered at the curious names scattered across the American map. Stewart’s answer is always a story—one of the countless stories that lie behind the rich and strange diversity of the USA.

Author : R. A. Douglas-Lithgow
Publisher : Applewood Books
ISBN 13 : 155709540X
Total Pages : 105 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Native American Place Names of Connecticut written by R. A. Douglas-Lithgow and published by Applewood Books. This book was released on 2001 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dictionary of Native American places was originally published in 1909. Alphabetically arranged by Native American name, this reference work gives insight into the Native origins of Connecticut cities, towns, rivers, streams, lakes, and other locales. The Pequots and Mohegans formed the majority of Connecticut Natives, occupying the territory from Narraganset to the Hudson River, along the Connecticut shore, and including Long Island. The Mystic River gets its name from Mistick meaning ""great tidal river.""

Author : Emily Stehr
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781720105572
Total Pages : 459 pages
Book Rating : 4.7X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Interesting Place Names and History of America written by Emily Stehr and published by . This book was released on 2018-09-05 with total page 459 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interesting Place Names and History of America Toad Suck, Arkansas? Treasure Island, Florida? Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaug Lake, Massachusetts? Satan Pass, New Mexico? Bad Wound, South Dakota? Gun Barrel City, Texas?Walla Walla, Washington? If you are wondering where these names came from, this is the book for you! Other interesting place names included, plus interesting history of America!

Author : William Bright
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520212718
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 1500 California Place Names written by William Bright and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1998-11-30 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook focuses on two sorts of names: those that are well-known as destinations or as geographical features of the state, and those that demand attention because of their problematic origins, whether Spanish, such as Bodega and Chamisal, or Native American, like Aguanga and Siskiyou. Map.