The Penguin Dictionary of Proper Names
Author: Geoffrey Payton
Publisher:
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 562
ISBN-13: 9780140512380
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Publisher:
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 562
ISBN-13: 9780140512380
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Geoffrey Payton
Publisher: Viking Adult
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 574
ISBN-13: 9780670825738
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A dictionary of names, places and titles, offering a selective guide to the names, titles and nicknames of Western culture, both ancient and modern.
Author: David Pickering
Publisher: Penguin Books, Limited (UK)
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 408
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Names have much to tell us about our past, our beliefs - even our personality traits. With 150 plus entries, this book takes a look at over 5,000 examples, ranging from the familiar to the comparatively obscure, drawn from different parts of the English-speaking world.
Author: C. O. Sylvester Mawson
Publisher:
Published: 1934
Total Pages: 308
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Christopher Orlando Sylvester Mawson
Publisher:
Published: 1934
Total Pages: 360
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Patrick Hanks
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2006-07-27
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 0191578541
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This Dictionary is part of the Oxford Reference Collection: using sustainable print-on-demand technology to make the acclaimed backlist of the Oxford Reference programme perennially available in hardback format. The fascinating and informative Dictionary of First Names covers over 6,000 names in common use in English, including the very newest names as well as traditional names. From Alice to Zanna and Adam to Zola this book will answer all your questions: it will tell you the age, origin, and meaning of the name, as well as how it has fared in terms of popularity, and who the famous fictional or historical bearers for the name have been. It covers alternative spellings, short forms and pet forms, and masculine and feminine forms, as well as help with pronunciation. The book includes extensive appendices covering names from languages including Scottish, Irish, French, German, Italian, Arabic, and Chinese names. Tables of the most popular names by year and by region are also included. From the traditional to the rare and unconventional, this book will tell you everything you need to know about names.
Author: Alvin Knisley
Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLC
Published: 2014-03-29
Total Pages: 122
ISBN-13: 9781497871557
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