Manual for the National Standardization of Geographical Names

Manual for the National Standardization of Geographical Names
Author: United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names
Publisher: United Nations Publications
Total Pages: 184
Release: 2006
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

The present publication is designed primarily to assist countries that do not have an appropriate authority and a specific set of standards for the consistent rendering of their geographical names. The information in the Manual consists of suggestions that should be useful to those intersted in ways to standardize their nation's geographical names

Toponymy

Toponymy
Author: Naftali Kadmon
Publisher:
Total Pages: 360
Release: 2000
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN:

The first book in over 100 years dealing wit the subject of geolograhpical names in all its aspects. Combining a solid scientific approach with a light hearted style, the book wil appealmto anyone with an interest in place names. Illus.

Names on the Globe

Names on the Globe
Author: George R. Stewart
Publisher:
Total Pages: 432
Release: 1975
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN:

"Topographers, geographers, and physiographers have written much about the Earth's surface, but that is not, as such, our present theme. Here we consider not the places themselves, but the names by which they are distinguished, what are commonly known in English as place-names." - from chapter 1, "The Place and the Name."

Undersea Features

Undersea Features
Author: United States. Geographic Names Division
Publisher:
Total Pages: 214
Release: 1971
Genre: Geography
ISBN:

United Nations Juridical Yearbook 2008

United Nations Juridical Yearbook 2008
Author: United Nations
Publisher: United Nations Publications
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010-06
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9789211336856

This yearbook contains documentary texts of treaties and other materials concerning the legal status and activities of the United Nations and related inter-governmental organizations. It also presents the judicial decisions on questions related to the Organization. A bibliography on jurisprudence is included.

Report of the Conference

Report of the Conference
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 58
Release: 1997
Genre: Names, Geographical Congresses
ISBN: 9789211005165

This publication presents reports & technical papers submitted to the United Nations Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names.