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The Oxford Names Companion provides all the information that you will need about place and personal names existing within the British Isles. Divided into three sections on Surnames, First Names, and British Place-Names, they showcase the knowledge and detailed information from leading experts in the names field: A Dictionary of Surnames explains the origin and meaning of nearly 70,000 surnames. It ...

Manufacturer: Oxford University Press
Written By: Patrick Hanks, Flavia Hodges, A.D. Mills, Adrian Room

This book gives the stories behind, or origins of, more than 3,500 commercial names. Many of them are American or British but a number originate in countries such as France, Germany, Italy and Japan. From A & C (publishers) to Zyklon (insecticide), entries cover two types of subjects: company names and the names of products and services. The companies have names derived from their founders or ...

Manufacturer: McFarland & Company
Written By: Adrian Room

What does David actually mean? Which famous people have shared your first name? Why might parents want to call their child Plaxy? From the most popular to the most outlandish, find out about more than 2000 names--their definitions, origin, history, and development. Of course, this dictionary is perfect if you're looking to name a new baby, but even if not, the details are ...

Manufacturer: Cassell
Written By: Adrian Room

Manufacturer: Routledge & Kegan Paul
Written By: Adrian Room

Information on more than 660 terms used in onomastics, the study of names.7600; HIS030000

Manufacturer: The Scarecrow Press, Inc.
Written By: Adrian Room

This text reveals the origins and meanings of thousands of familiar names, from personal to place names, and from mythological characters to astronomical names. A guide to accents and pronunciation for some of the 80 languages used in the dictionary, from Afrikaans to Zyrian, is also included. This should be useful as a reference for anyone interested in the history and development of ...

Manufacturer: Cassell
Written By: Adrian Room

New in paperback! Contains over 4,500 name changes worldwide, ranging from small villages to entire countries. Reference libraries will find this a most useful acquisition as it will serve as an authoritatively written gazetteer. --LIBRARY ASSOCIATION RECORD Paperback edition available August 2002.

Manufacturer: The Scarecrow Press, Inc.
Written By: Adrian Room

This dictionary reveals the origins of familiar names from personal names to place names, brand names to astronomical names. It includes a broad selection of names of animals, mythological and literary characters, sports teams, languages, nationalities, political parties and pop and rock groups. It takes in the name of holidays and festivals, of schools and colleges, of battles and revolutions, ...

Manufacturer: Helicon
Written By: E.Cobham Brewer

Presenting the entertaining and enlightening stories behind 700 trade names, Room answers questions abou t the origin of the word aspirin, and how products such as L ego, the Mazda car and grape nuts cereal (with neither grape s nor nuts) got their names. '

Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill
Written By: Adrian Room

Arranged by type of name (generic, descriptive, incident, link, group, pedigree and show, horse and hound, farm, famous, mythical and legendary, and fictional), this is a reference to how people name animals. For each type there is an introductory section followed by numerous examples with the stories behind the particular name.

Manufacturer: McFarland & Company
Written By: Adrian Room