Author : Virginia O. Foscue
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 19,9 MB
Release : 1989
Category : History
ISBN : 081730410X
Catalogs some 2700 Alabama communities, ranging from Abanda, in Chambers County, to Zip City, in Lauderdale County.
Author : William A. Read
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
Page : 127 pages
File Size : 26,70 MB
Release : 1984-10-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 081730231X
This is a revised edition with a foreward, appendix, and index by James B. McMillan.
Author : William A. Read
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 25,6 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 : William Alexander Read
Publisher :
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 21,78 MB
Release : 2013-02
Category :
ISBN : 9781258552985
Author : William Bright
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 632 pages
File Size : 48,37 MB
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 9780806135984
This volume combines historical research and linguistic fieldwork with native speakers from across the United States to present the first comprehensive, up-to-date, scholarly dictionary of American placenames derived from native languages." "Linguist William Bright assembled a team of twelve editorial consultants - experts in Native American languages - and many other native contributors to prepare this lexicon of eleven thousand placenames along with their etymologies. New data from leading scholars make this volume an invaluable reference for students of American Indian culture, folklore, and local histories. Bright's introduction explains his methodology and the contents of each entry. This comprehensive, alphabetical lexicon preserves native language as it details the history and culture found in American indian placenames.
Author : Frank K. Gallant
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 42,93 MB
Release : 2012-02-16
Category : History
ISBN : 0486483606
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 : W. Stuart Harris
Publisher :
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 20,62 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN :
Author : Erwin Gustav Gudde
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 49,47 MB
Release : 1960
Category : California
ISBN :
Author : John H. Goff
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 26,47 MB
Release : 2007-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0820331295
John Goff wrote for people of all reasonings--historians, linguists, anthropologists, geographers, cartographers, folklorists, and those ubiquitous intelligent readers. Comprising one of the most informative and appealing contributions to the study of toponymy, his short studies have never before been widely available. Placenames of Georgia brings together the sketches that appeared in the Georgia Mineral Newsletter and other longer articles so that all interested in Georgia and the Southeast can share Professor Goff's intimate knowledge of the history and geography of his state and region, his linguistic rigor, and his appreciation of the folklore surrounding many of Georgia's names.
Author : Henry Gannett
Publisher : Jazzybee Verlag
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 19,26 MB
Release : 2017-08-24
Category : Reference
ISBN : 3849675106
Place names in the United States are often taken from the European nation that first colonized the land. Many names that have been transferred from Britain, as is the case with Barnstable, Massachusetts and Danbury, Connecticut. Many others are of French origin, such as Detroit, Michigan, which was established along the banks of the river they called le détroit du lac Érié, meaning the strait of Lake Erie. Many in the former New Netherland colony are of Dutch origin, such as Harlem, Brooklyn and Rhode Island. Many place names are taken from the languages of native peoples. Specific (personal or animal) names and general words or phrases are used, sometimes translated and sometimes not. However complicated the tracing back of the place names was, this encyclopedia lists thousands and thousands of place names in the United States of America and provides valuable information as to the origin and the history of the name. A fantastic reference work for everyone interested in American history.
