Placenames of the World: Origins and Meanings of the Names for Over 5000 ... - Adrian Room - Google Books

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Placenames wether they be of a city or a river, a country or a mountain denote something about the region. They often provide a brief history or description of the feature, sometimes telling in a word who founded a city ( e.g., Barcelona, Spain, named for…