Irish place names to get legal standing.(News)

The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland);  November 22, 2003 ;     294 words ...PLACE names in English will no longer be recognised...Cuiv, has given legal standing to Irish place names in six counties in the Republic. He highlighted...it was ''unacceptable'' that although place names in Irish were treated as if official...

USGS: 'Holly' and 'Joy' Most Popular Holiday Place Names

U.S. Newswire;  December 16, 1999 ;     664 words ......to notice which towns in America have place names with a Christmas theme. But if he did...are among the most popular holiday place names according to the U.S. Geological Survey...Among the most widely used holiday place names are: o CHRISTMAS -- There are 142 "Christmas...

place names

A Dictionary of Geography;      236 words ...place names The study of the early forms of present place names may indicate the culture which gave the name together...meaning a forest, wood, glade, or clearing appear in many place names such as Chelsea and Henley‐in‐Arden...

Welsh place names guide.(News)

Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  April 24, 2003 ;     54 words ......dictionary has been launched to explain the meaning behind Welsh place names. The Penguin Dictionary of British Place Names explains the meaning behind such unusual Welsh place names as Bethlehem, Sodom and Llanfair-Pwllgwyngyll. It traces Britain...

Place names offer glimpse of the past

Citizen Gloucestershire, The;  October 4, 2007 ;     360 words ...There is a romance to English place names, those familiar yet apparently inexplicable...abounds in delightfully picturesque place names. There are the Pludds, Etloe, Plusterwine...The Welsh influence is strong in local place names, with meends (Forest hillsides in Welsh...

Meredith Burrill, 94, expert on place names.(Metropolitan Times)(Obituary)

The Washington Times;  October 12, 1997 ;     392 words ......the field of toponymy - the study of place names - barely existed. Beginning in 1943...became the world's leading expert on place names. Mr. Burrill was born in Houlton, Maine...which was created to standardize U.S. place names, to help convert thousands of Asian...

NRCan: Feature Article - Aboriginal Place Names - Charting our Heritage.

Canadian Corporate News;  May 23, 2002 ;     295 words ......number of communities across Canada, place names are taking on a new importance. More...of using local Aboriginal sources for place names, often based on a particular geographical...Government of Canada is releasing Aboriginal Place Names Charting our Heritage, a fact sheet...

Place names - a window into history, culture

Alberta Sweetgrass;  September 30, 1996 ;     520 words ...Place names -- a window into history, culture Place Names of Alberta: Volume IV, Northern Alberta Merrily K. Aubrey...never had the pleasure of dealing with a black fly, then Place Names of Alberta: Volume IV, Northern Alberta, by Merrily K...

Alaskan place names from Eek to Sagavanirktok reflect history

Charleston Daily Mail;  April 16, 2008 ;     642 words ......Survey. He wrote the book on Alaska place names more than four decades ago, and now...freshened up. "Dictionary of Alaska Place Names," published by the USGS in 1967 and...published until 1994, listing additional place names recognized by the U.S. Board on Geographic...

New book reveals the origins of British place names.('The Penguin...

M2 Best Books;  May 27, 2003 ;     82 words ......LTD The origins of British place names are revealed in a new book...Penguin Dictionary of British Place Names' provides a comprehensive...meaning and history of 10,000 place names in England, Scotland and Wales...

Widow's joy over place names book

The Northern Echo;  February 14, 2004 ;     255 words ......almost 40 years researching English place names, has had his work published just over...reputation as a leading authority on English place names and was an honorary director of The...the university's archives and believed place names could provide important insights. Mr...

PLACES WORTH WRITING ABOUT; RETIRED LATIN TEACHER'S BOOKS EXPLAIN ORIGINS...

The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  November 14, 2002 ;     515 words ......and another on the origin of classical place names in New York, Fayetteville author William...2003. His newest work, New York State Place Names: Origins, Histories and Meanings, explores the origins of more than 2,000 place names in the state. Farrell, a retired Latin...

MANY PLACE NAMES HAVE INDIAN ROOTS.(ERIES:DOWN TO A WHISPER)(SERIES: DOWN...

Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI);  June 1, 2008 ;     285 words ......a map. A Wisconsin atlas is full of place names like Wausau and Portage derived from those languages. Hundreds more native place names still exist but have fallen out of common use. Many native place names also have value to scientists and conservationists...

Place names revisited

The Press;  March 2, 2002 ;     652 words ......Zealand history. When A. W. Reed's epic Place Names of New Zealand was first published in...origin and meaning of New Zealand's place names as "subjects of intense interest to...1979, A. W. produced the Supplement to Place Names of New Zealand. He described the book...

WHEN PLACE NAMES VANISH, THIS BOOK IS A GREAT FIND.(Lifestyle)

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  July 16, 1998 ;     394 words ......of the disappearance of old American place names, but there are other reasons, such as...contained an index of more than 100,000 place names of ``every county, city, town, village...recently under the title of ``American Place Names of Long Ago,'' with an introduction...