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Place names are a window into the history and characteristics of a country. Their names reflect the migrations of peoples, their religious and cultural traditions, local languages, conquests and fortifications long since disappeared. They also reflect the topography and industrial development of a place. John Everett Heath, drawing on his experience and contacts at the FCO, has developed a reference text of the origins of European place names. The text is ordered by country alphabetically. It includes a historical section, putting the place name into context, and references those events, which have had an impact on the geography of a country, and those foreign influences, which have played a part in shaping the place name. This volume is confined to the 38 countries of Europe, together with Andorra, Gibraltar, Liechtenstein, Malta, Monaco, San Marino, Cyprus and the Vatican City. All place names of cities and towns of particular importance and interest are included.

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Book category Knihy po anglicky Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects Encyclopaedias & reference works Geographical reference

• Full title: Place Names of the World - Europe
• Author: John Everett-Heath
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 413
• EAN: 9780333777596
• ISBN: 033377759X
• ID: 04599426
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Weight: 1004 g
• Dimensions: 254 × 178 × 24 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. August 2000

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