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Author : Patrick McKay
Publisher : Dufour Editions
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105028775869
A dictionary of 1300 place names of the nine Ulster counties, it provides the derivation and meaning, as well as interesting local background information on each name.
Author : Adrian Room
Publisher : Appletree Press (TX)
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Gazetteers
ISBN : 1847581390
Adrian Room's contribution to Irish place-name studies lists some 3,000 place-names in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. In each entry the current English and Irish forms of the name are given and its origin and geographical aptness described.
Author : A. D. Mills
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 821 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2003-10-09
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780191578472
Over 15,000 A-Z entries covering England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, make this the most comprehensive and up-to-date dictionary of British place names available. From Abbas Combe to Zennor, it gives the meaning and origin of names of counties, towns, and villages, tracing their development from earliest times to the present day. Invaluable for anyone finding out about a local area, lexicographers and local historians alike will be fascinated by what these place-names reveal. The dictionary features an in-depth introductory essay which discusses the chronology and development of British place-names, different types of formation, and sections focusing on Irish, Welsh, and Scottish place-names. It also includes an extensive bibliography for further research, maps of Britain showing old and new boundaries, and provides a Glossary of common elements in place-names. This critically acclaimed dictionary has been described as 'an indispensable travellling companion' (Landscape History), and 'another volume for every local historian's bookshelf' (Local Historian).
Author : David Mills
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 574 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2011-10-20
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780199609086
From Abbas Combe to Zennor, this dictionary gives the meaning and origin of place names in the British Isles, tracing their development from earliest times to the present day.
Author : Anthony David Mills
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 567 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : British Isles
ISBN : OCLC:961144213
Author : Adrian Room
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Ireland
ISBN : 086281202X
Author : John Everett-Heath
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 1854 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2019-09-19
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780192602541
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 : John Moss
Publisher : Pen and Sword History
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2022-09-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781399087483
‘Celtic Places’ are typified by some several hundred townships and villages whose names still bear the imprint of their earliest Celtic roots, but the scope of the book is not restricted to human settlements; it is also true of the many mountains and rivers that they named, and to several thousand sites of standing stone monuments, Celtic high crosses, henges, hill figures, funeral barrows and hillforts, which are all included in the book. What they all have in common is that they reflect the rich cultural heritage that was implicit in the names of places in the British Isles and Ireland as it existed before the Romans arrived.
Author : Kay Muhr,Liam Ó hAisibéil
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 2365 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2021-10-19
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780192524782
The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names of Ireland contains more than 3,800 entries covering the majority of family names that are established and current in Ireland, both in the Republic and in Northern Ireland. It establishes reliable and accurate explanations of historical origins (including etymologies) and provides variant spellings for each name as well as its geographical distribution, and, where relevant, genealogical and bibliographical notes for family names that have more than 100 bearers in the 1911 census of Ireland. Of particular value are the lists of early bearers of family names, extracted from sources ranging from the medieval period to the nineteenth century, providing for the first time, the evidence on which many surname explanations are based, as well as interesting personal names, locations and often occupations of potential family forbears. This unique Dictionary will be of the greatest interest not only to those interested in Irish history, students of the Irish language, genealogists, and geneticists, but also to the general public, both in Ireland and in the Irish diaspora in North America, Australia, and elsewhere.
Author : Hywel Wyn Owen,Richard Morgan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2022-05-20
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781800992399
An authoritative dictionary of the meanings and derivations of Welsh place-names. The first of its kind in Wales, this volume deals with most of the place-names of Wales as well as prominent features of the landscape. Also includes an invaluable glossary of the place-name elements. First published in November 2007.
Author : A. P. Cowie
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 1017 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2008-12-04
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780191558078
These substantial volumes present the fullest account yet published of the lexicography of English from its origins in medieval glosses, through its rapid development in the eighteenth century, to a fully-established high-tech industry that is as reliant as ever on learning and scholarship. The history covers dictionaries of English and its national varieties, including American English, with numerous references to developments in Europe and elsewhere which have influenced the course of English lexicography. Part one of Volume I explores the early development of glosses and bilingual and multilingual dictionaries and examines their influence on lexicographical methods and ideas. Part two presents a systematic history of monolingual dictionaries of English and includes extensive chapters on Johnson, Webster and his successors in the USA, and the OED. It also contains descriptions of the development of dictionaries of national and regional varieties, and of Old and Middle English, and concludes with an account of the computerization of the OED. The specialized dictionaries described in Volume II include dictionaries of science, dialects, synonyms, etymology, pronunciation, slang and cant, quotations, phraseology, and personal and place names. This volume also includes an account of the inception and development of dictionaries developed for particular users, especially foreign learners of English. The Oxford History of English Lexicography unites scholarship with readability. It provides a unique and accessible reference for scholars and professional lexicographers and offers a series of fascinating encounters with the men and women involved over the centuries in the making of works of profound national and linguistic importance.
Author : Jonathan Bardon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Names, Geographical
ISBN : 1909556874
Originally published as: Investigating place names in Ulster: a teachers' guide in 1991. Republished as: Place names in the north of Ireland in 1992.
Author : A. J. Hughes,R. J. Hannan,Queen's University of Belfast. Department of Celtic. Northern Ireland Place-Name Project
Publisher : Dufour Editions
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : History
ISBN : UCLA:L0072843493
Author : Karen P. Corrigan
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2010-01-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780748634309
An overview of English as it is spoken in the Northern dialect regions of Ireland.
Author : Patrick Weston Joyce
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 604 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1871
Category : Names, Geographical
ISBN : STANFORD:36105033828414
