Names and Their Histories: A Handbook of Historical Geography and Topographical NomenclatureGale Research Company, 1969 - 400 pages |
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... honour of John Harvard's university . CAMBRIDGE GULF , on the northern coast of Australia , was named by King in 1819 in honour of the first Duke of Cambridge . Camden Town , a suburb of London , was built on part of the Prebendal Manor ...
... honour of John Harvard's university . CAMBRIDGE GULF , on the northern coast of Australia , was named by King in 1819 in honour of the first Duke of Cambridge . Camden Town , a suburb of London , was built on part of the Prebendal Manor ...
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... honour of Marie Antoinette . MARIA ISLAND , on the East Coast of Tasmania , was so named by Tasman in 1642 , after Maria Van Diemen , daughter of the Governor of the Dutch East Indies , after whom MARIA BAY in Amsterdam Island , one of ...
... honour of Marie Antoinette . MARIA ISLAND , on the East Coast of Tasmania , was so named by Tasman in 1642 , after Maria Van Diemen , daughter of the Governor of the Dutch East Indies , after whom MARIA BAY in Amsterdam Island , one of ...
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... honour of James , Duke of York , afterwards James II . CAPE YORK , the northernmost point of Australia , whence the name of the great territory called the YORK PENINSULA , was sighted by Torres in 1606 , but received its present name ...
... honour of James , Duke of York , afterwards James II . CAPE YORK , the northernmost point of Australia , whence the name of the great territory called the YORK PENINSULA , was sighted by Torres in 1606 , but received its present name ...
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afterwards anciently Antonine Itinerary appears Arabic Arctic America Asia Australia bears the name Brazil built burh Canton Cape Cape Colony capital Captain castle Celtic century charter Chronicle coast colony corruption dative dative plural denotes Derbyshire derived discovered district Domesday Dorset Dutch East English Essex etymology explained Flinders ford forest fortress founded French Gaelic genitive German Gloucestershire Graubünden Gulf harbour hence hill honour Indian Irish island Isle Kent King lake land Latin legend Lincolnshire Lord modern name mountain mouth name given name meaning native name North Novaya Zemlya old name Persian personal name places called plain port Portuguese prefix Prince probably province Ptolemy Queensland river rock Roman name Romansch Russian Sanskrit Saxon ship shire signifies Slavonic Somerset South South Wales Spanish Strait suffix supposed takes its name Teutonic translation tribe tún Turkic usually valley voyage Wales Welsh West Worcestershire word Yorkshire Zealand