Alternate Names of Places: A Worldwide Dictionary

by Adrian Room

This new type of geographical dictionary lists past and present alternate names of more than 7,000 places. It focuses particularly on placenames with official or semiofficial status rather than nicknames or colloquial abbreviations. Alternate placenames are important for historical and geographical reasons, and although they predominate in countries that have undergone wars and invasions, such alternate names can equally well result from political...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 078643712X
• ISBN13: 9780786437122
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.9" x 9.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher