TY  - BOOK
AU  - Randall,Richard R.
TI  - Place names: how they define the world-- and more 
SN  - 0810839067
AV  - G105 .R36 2001
PY  - 2001///
CY  - Lanham, Md.
PB  - Scarecrow Press
KW  - Names, Geographical
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-195) and index; -- Shortened Versions of Organization Names; -- The Nature of a Place Name; -- What Is a Place Name?; -- Definition and Function; -- Origins of Place Names; -- Categories of Place Names; -- Regional Names; -- International Regional Names; -- Regional Names within Countries; -- Large Bodies of Water; -- Maps Say Little without Place Names; -- Purposes of a Map; -- Map Characteristics; -- Mapping Techniques; -- U.S. Mapping Agencies; -- Commercial Maps; -- Ecology and Maps; -- How Place Names Affect Us; -- How Place Names Communicate; -- Inform Us about Our World; -- Identify Aspects of Our Lives; -- Provide Historical Information; -- Describe the Nature of Terrain; -- Common Words; -- Animal Names; -- Family Names; -- Automobile Names; -- Food and Beverage Names; -- Railroad Names; -- Mineral Names; -- Place Names and the Arts; -- Literature; -- Music; -- Paintings and Photographs; -- Place Names Are Not Permanent; -- Where in the World Is That Place?; -- Names in the Headlines; -- The Iron Curtain Is Lifted; -- The Former Yugoslavia; -- Other Countries Changed Names; -- Names in the Middle East; -- Names in Southeast Asia; -- The Persian Gulf or the Arabian Gulf; -- A Case of Names in Headlines of the Past; -- Names in Future Headlines; -- Names in Multilingual Countries; -- Different Languages, Different Names; -- How Many Languages Are There?; -- Examples of Differing Place Names; -- Efforts to End the Confusion; -- Countries Recognize the Problem; -- The Situation in the United States; -- Creation of the U.S. Board on Geographic Names
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