American Place-names: A Concise and Selective Dictionary for the Continental United States of America

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Oxford University Press, 1970 - Language Arts & Disciplines - 550 pages
This work includes three categories of place-name information: well-known places; repeated names which appear in many localities; and unusual names. Following each of the 12,000 entries is the name derivation, the state where pertinent and explication with historical, geographical and/or folk interpretations.

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