Origin and Meaning of Place Names in the Etosha National Park, Namibia
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Total Pages | : 64 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Etosha National Park (Namibia) |
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Total Pages | : 64 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Etosha National Park (Namibia) |
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Author | : Joseph Cassidy |
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Total Pages | : 125 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Gazetteers |
ISBN | : 9789991606545 |
Author | : John Everett-Heath |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 1854 |
Release | : 2019-09-19 |
Genre | : Reference |
ISBN | : 0192602543 |
This unique and informative dictionary explores the history, meanings, and origin of place names around the world. In over 11,000 entries it covers an enormous geographical range, including continents, countries, islands, cities, mountains, rivers, and much more. Key historical facts are incorporated into each entry, as well as a record of the place name in the local language for an accurate and comprehensive account. For this fifth edition, 134 entirely new entries have been added, including Byzantine Empire, Lac qui Parle, Nasr, Sauk City, and Yekaterinogradskaya. Existing entries have also been fully updated to reflect recent socio-political and geographical changes, most notably in Eswatini and Northern Macedonia. In addition to the entries themselves, the dictionary contains invaluable supplementary content to support the text. There is a glossary of foreign word elements which appear in place names, as well as a list of personalities and leaders who have influenced the naming of places around the world.
Author | : Peter E Raper |
Publisher | : Jonathan Ball Publishers |
Total Pages | : 1276 |
Release | : 2014-12-08 |
Genre | : Reference |
ISBN | : 1868425509 |
The Dictionary of Southern African Place Names - now in its 4th edition - helps you sort your Komkhulu from your Kommetjie with the most comprehensive glossary of Southern African towns, villages, railway stations, mountains, rivers and beaches. The 9 000 short entries incorporate data from sources dating as far back as 1486, encapsulating the linguistic and cultural heritage of all the peoples of the subcontinent, past and present. In this highly readable book the expert authors take you on a fascinating journey of the highways and byways of Southern Africa. Whether you are a motorist, an adventurer or merely an armchair traveller, this book has a multitude of facts and details that will fascinate you. This is much more than a reference book - it gives an insight into what shapes a place and its people through our heroes, events, beliefs, values, fears and aspirations.
Author | : O. A. Leistner |
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Total Pages | : 592 |
Release | : 1976 |
Genre | : Africa, Southern |
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This list of place names with a degree reference system is intended as an aid in locating place names in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland. It was originally compiled for internal use by the Botanical Research Institute for the identification of place references in botanical collections. (wh).
Author | : Peter E Raper |
Publisher | : UJ Press |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 2019-03-01 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1928424252 |
Critical Toponymy: Place names in political, historical and commercial landscapes contains a selection of double-blind peer-reviewed papers from the 4th International Symposium on Place Names that took place 18-20 September 2017 in Windhoek, Namibia. These papers present current thinking on how the critical turn in social sciences is manifested in toponymic research, not only locally but also internationally. As such it includes research on place names from South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Austria, Slovenia, Central America and even the former Czechoslovakia. The contributions show that the etymology of place names are never purely linguistic – social, political, commercial and other factors influence the giving, use and adaptations of these linguistic and cultural artefacts. Furthermore, given their high symbolic content, place names also serve as political and commercial currency. Place names are therefore important symbolic markers in preserving or changing cultural identities, and in marking or facilitating socio-political changes and relations. Critical Toponymy showcases the many ways in which the representational potential of place names can be deployed in different contexts. Scholars as well as practitioners in toponymy and sociolinguistics will find this an illuminating read.
Author | : Herman Louis Beyer |
Publisher | : Conference-RAP |
Total Pages | : 203 |
Release | : 2019 |
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ISBN | : 9781928424246 |
Author | : Matthias W. Rebentisch |
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Total Pages | : 138 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Names, Geographical |
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Author | : Adrian Room |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : History |
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Each of the over 2,000 entries gives the country and, in most cases, geographical location within the country. An account of the name's origin and meaning follows, with appropriate historical, topographical and biological references. Cross references provide both former names and alternate spellings or forms of current names.