Utah Place Names

Utah Place Names
Author: John W. Van Cott
Publisher: University of Utah Press
Total Pages: 484
Release: 1990
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780874803457

Utah toponyms, or place names. Where are they? What istheir history? Their importance? Over thousand toponyms are listed alphabetically, marking the passagesof peoples and cultures from earliest times.

Idaho Place Names

Idaho Place Names
Author: Lalia Phipps Boone
Publisher: Caxton Press
Total Pages: 452
Release: 1988
Genre: History
ISBN:

Dictionary format gives location and brief history or background of thousands of geographic places in Idaho.

San Diego County Place Names, A to Z

San Diego County Place Names, A to Z
Author: Leland Fetzer
Publisher: Sunbelt Publications, Inc.
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2005
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780932653734

Over 1,500 place names in San Diego County. Each listing gives general location and specific citation of place name origin.

Utahisms: Unique Expressions, Inventions, Place Names & More

Utahisms: Unique Expressions, Inventions, Place Names & More
Author: David Ellingson Eddington
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 112
Release: 2022-07
Genre: History
ISBN: 1467152447

Utahisms: Unique Expressions, Inventions, Place Names and more ranges from the characteristic to the bizarre The Beehive State's iconic vistas are singular and distinctive. So too are its colloquialisms, peculiar place names and landmark firsts. Confusion from local dialect ultimately thwarted a would be robber in Salt Lake City. The proper pronunciation of Tooele might surprise visitors, while residents still debate its origins. And, phrases once thought to be solely Utahn often prove otherwise. The world's first department store was born out of xenophobia and religious persecution in 1869. Martha Hughes Cannon followed through on Brigham Young's encouraging women to become physicians. She later became the first female state senator in the United States, defeating her own husband. Examining everything from phonetics to history, BYU Linguistics Professor David Eddington reveals the roots of what is truly, uniquely Utah.

Nooksack Place Names

Nooksack Place Names
Author: Allan Richardson
Publisher: UBC Press
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2011-08-25
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0774820489

Place names can lead us on fascinating journeys into other cultures. They convey a people’s relationship to the land, their sense of place. For indigenous peoples, place names can also be central to the revival of endangered languages. This book takes readers on an exciting voyage into the history, language, and culture of the Nooksack Tribe of Washington State and southern British Columbia. Allan Richardson and Brent Galloway trace the richness and strength of the Nooksack people’s connection to the land by documenting more than 150 places named by elders and mentioned in key historical texts. Descriptions of Nooksack history and naming patterns – combined with maps, photographs, and detailed linguistic analyses – give life to a nearly extinct language and illuminate the intertwined relationships of place, culture, language, and identity.

Perspectives on Latter-day Saint Names and Naming

Perspectives on Latter-day Saint Names and Naming
Author: Dallin D. Oaks
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 379
Release: 2023-03-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1000850455

Perspectives on Latter-day Saint Names and Naming approaches cultural, historical, and doctrinal dimensions of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints through a fresh lens that explores how these dimensions intersect with names and naming. Featuring a collection of chapters from multiple authors, its bipartite structure examines fascinating topics in relation to the Church, looking first at cultural and historical perspectives before analyzing doctrinal and scriptural perspectives. The book discusses such matters as how contemporary naming practices of Latter-day Saints compare to those outside the faith, how code names were used in one of the faith’s books of scripture to protect Church leaders from persecution, and how names and naming relate to the covenant identity of Church members. Through its fresh approach to understanding religious identity and belief in relation to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, this book is an invaluable resource for scholars and students of Mormon studies and will also be of interest to people with a fascination with names and naming issues as those occur in a variety of settings, including religious ones.