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Title: CASSELL DICTIONARY OF PROPER NAMES
By: Adrian Room
Format: Hardback

List price: £18.99


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ISBN 10: 0304344478
ISBN 13: 9780304344475
Publisher: ORION PUBLISHING CO
Pub. date: 21 July, 1994
Series: Language reference
Pages: 640
Description: This text reveals the origins and meanings of thousands of familiar names, from personal to place names, and from mythological characters to astronomical names. This should be useful as a reference for anyone interested in the history and development of language.
Synopsis: 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 language.
Publication: UK
Imprint: Cassell Reference
Returns: Non-returnable
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