A Study of Some Place-names in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana
Author : John Valsin Coumes
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Page : 342 pages
File Size : 43,51 MB
Release : 1967
Category : Names, Geographical
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Author : John Valsin Coumes
Publisher :
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 43,51 MB
Release : 1967
Category : Names, Geographical
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Author : Auburn University. Graduate School
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Page : 328 pages
File Size : 47,8 MB
Release : 1968
Category : Dissertations, Academic
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Author : Clare D’Artois Leeper
Publisher : LSU Press
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 32,93 MB
Release : 2012-10-19
Category : Reference
ISBN : 0807147389
From Aansel to Zwolle, with Mamou in between, researcher Clare D'Artois Leeper offers an alphabet of Louisiana place names, both past and present. Leeper includes 893 entries that reveal a distinct view of the state's history. Her unique blend of documented fact and traditional wisdom results in an entertaining guide to Louisiana's place name lore. Leeper considers the origins of each place as well as each name, drawing attention to the individuals who transformed Louisiana from an uninhabited wilderness into a populated state. Not surprising for a region that has existed under ten flags, Louisiana's place names reflect a mixture of several languages and point to other locales across the country and around the world. Even the state's name, Leeper points out, combines the French Louis and the Spanish iana, meaning "belonging to" Louis XIV. Name origins trace back to geography, flora, fauna, religion, weather, people, and occasionally, a flood, a favorite book, or a popular local dish. Leeper conducted numerous interviews, visited courthouses, museums, and libraries, and more recently made use of the Geographic Names Information System to create this fascinating collection of Louisiana history and folklore.
Author : William A. Read
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 25,77 MB
Release : 2008-10-12
Category : History
ISBN : 0817355057
His writings spanned five decades and have been instrumental across a wide range of academic disciplines. Most importantly, Read devoted a good portion of his research to the meaning of place names in the southeastern United States—especially as they related to Indian word adoption by Europeans. This volume includes his three Louisiana articles combined: Louisiana: Louisiana Place-Names of Indian Origin (1927), More Indian Place-Names in Louisiana (1928), and Indian Words (1931). Joining Alabama's reprint of Indian Places Names in Alabama and Florida Place Names of Indian Origin and Seminole Personal Names, this volume completes the republication of the southern place name writings of William A. Read.
Author : Clare D'Artois Leeper
Publisher :
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 21,82 MB
Release : 1976
Category : Louisiana
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Author : Donald McDaniel
Publisher :
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 39,33 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Soil surveys
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Author : Marcy Frantom
Publisher :
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 43,59 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Ethnology
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Page : 308 pages
File Size : 33,5 MB
Release : 1961
Category : Folklore
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Author : Marion C. Michael
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Page : 424 pages
File Size : 46,28 MB
Release : 1979
Category : Education
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Page : 302 pages
File Size : 50,23 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Conservation of natural resources
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