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This dictionary reveals the origins of names, from personal names to place names, brand names, names of animals, mythological and literary characters, sports teams, languages, nationalities, political parties and rock and pop groups. It takes in the names of holidays and festivals, of schools and colleges, of battles and revolutions, and of well-known individual buildings such as clubs, hospitals, country houses, museums and theatres. Also included are the origins of names of famous individuals, from Caesar to Sophocles, Homer to Ho Chi Min. Names of famous fictional characters are also represented, such as Shakespeare's Desdemona and Hamlet, as well as Kipling's Mowgli and A.A. Milne's Winnie the Pooh. The titles of literary works and musical compositions such as "Lavengro" and "Lohengrin" are also included. The dictionary contains 8,000 detailed entries and includes a guide to nearly 100 languages used in it, from Afrikaans to Zyrian, with notes on accents and alphabets.
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- EditoreHelicon
- Data di pubblicazione1995
- ISBN 10 1859861024
- ISBN 13 9781859861028
- RilegaturaCopertina flessibile
- Numero di pagine610
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Descrizione libro Paperback. Condizione: Good. None. Outline:- 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 and of well-known individual buildings such as clubs hospitals country houses museums and theatres. It includes the origins of the names of famous individuals from Caesar to Sophocles Homer to Ho chi Min. Names of famous fictional characters are also represented such as Shakespeare`s Desdemona and Hamlet as well as Kipling`s Mowgli and Milne`s Winnie the Pooh. Equally present are the titles of literary works and musical compositions such as Lavengro and Lohengrin. It includes an introduction providing background to different aspects of name studies and research and includes a guide to nearly 100 languages used in the dictionary from Afrikaans to Zyrian with notes on accents and alphabets.-> the publisher of this PAPERBACK book is Helicon The date of this copy is 1995 booksalvation have grade it as Good and it will be shipped from our UK warehouse This book is from the Series. Shipping is Free for UK buyers and at a reasonable charge for buyer outside the UK. null. Book. Codice articolo 9781859861028AB8202
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