Author: William Martin Beauchamp
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Names, Geographical
Languages : en
Pages : 348
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Names of New York
Author: Joshua Jelly-Schapiro
Publisher: Pantheon
ISBN: 1524748935
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
"A casually wondrous experience; it made me feel like the city was unfolding beneath my feet.” —Jia Tolentino, author of Trick Mirror In place-names lie stories. That’s the truth that animates this fascinating journey through the names of New York City’s streets and parks, boroughs and bridges, playgrounds and neighborhoods. Exploring the power of naming to shape experience and our sense of place, Joshua Jelly-Schapiro traces the ways in which native Lenape, Dutch settlers, British invaders, and successive waves of immigrants have left their marks on the city’s map. He excavates the roots of many names, from Brooklyn to Harlem, that have gained iconic meaning worldwide. He interviews the last living speakers of Lenape, visits the harbor’s forgotten islands, lingers on street corners named for ballplayers and saints, and meets linguists who study the estimated eight hundred languages now spoken in New York. As recent arrivals continue to find new ways to make New York’s neighborhoods their own, the names that stick to the city’s streets function not only as portals to explore the past but also as a means to reimagine what is possible now.
Publisher: Pantheon
ISBN: 1524748935
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
"A casually wondrous experience; it made me feel like the city was unfolding beneath my feet.” —Jia Tolentino, author of Trick Mirror In place-names lie stories. That’s the truth that animates this fascinating journey through the names of New York City’s streets and parks, boroughs and bridges, playgrounds and neighborhoods. Exploring the power of naming to shape experience and our sense of place, Joshua Jelly-Schapiro traces the ways in which native Lenape, Dutch settlers, British invaders, and successive waves of immigrants have left their marks on the city’s map. He excavates the roots of many names, from Brooklyn to Harlem, that have gained iconic meaning worldwide. He interviews the last living speakers of Lenape, visits the harbor’s forgotten islands, lingers on street corners named for ballplayers and saints, and meets linguists who study the estimated eight hundred languages now spoken in New York. As recent arrivals continue to find new ways to make New York’s neighborhoods their own, the names that stick to the city’s streets function not only as portals to explore the past but also as a means to reimagine what is possible now.
Aboriginal Place Names of New York
Author: William Martin Beauchamp
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 350
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 350
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New York Geographic Names
Author: Geological Survey (U.S.). Branch of Geographic Names
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Names, Geographical
Languages : en
Pages : 732
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Names, Geographical
Languages : en
Pages : 732
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Classical Place Names in New York State
Author: William R. Farrell
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781890691080
Category : Names, Geographical
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Explores connectons between contemporary New York State and its history, language and mythological heritage.--Résumé de l'éditeur.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781890691080
Category : Names, Geographical
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Explores connectons between contemporary New York State and its history, language and mythological heritage.--Résumé de l'éditeur.
Manhattan to Minisink
Author: Robert S. Grumet
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0806189134
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Drivers exiting the New Jersey Turnpike for Perth Amboy, and map readers marveling at all the places in Pennsylvania named Lackawanna, need no longer wonder how these names originated. Manhattan to Minisink provides the histories of more than five hundred place names in the Greater New York area, including the five boroughs, western Long Island, the New York counties north of the city, and parts of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut. Robert S. Grumet, a leading ethnohistorian specializing in the region’s Indian peoples, draws on his meticulous research and deep knowledge to determine the origins of Native, and Native-sounding, place names. Grumet divides his encyclopedic entries into two parts. The first comprises an alphabetical listing of nearly 340 Indian place names preserved in colonial records, located by county and state. Each entry includes the name’s language of origin, if known, and a brief discussion of its etymology, including its earliest known occurrence in written records, the history of its appearance on maps, and the name’s current status. The book’s second section presents nearly 200 place names that, though widely believed to be of Indian origin, are “imports, inventions, invocations, or impostors.” Mistranslations are abundant in place names, and Grumet has ferreted out the mistakes and deceptions among home-grown colonial etymologies that New Yorkers have accepted for centuries. Complete with a concise history of Greater New York, a discussion of the region’s naming practices, a useful timeline, and four maps, this is an invaluable resource both for scholars and for readers who want a more intimate knowledge of the place where they live or visit.
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0806189134
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Drivers exiting the New Jersey Turnpike for Perth Amboy, and map readers marveling at all the places in Pennsylvania named Lackawanna, need no longer wonder how these names originated. Manhattan to Minisink provides the histories of more than five hundred place names in the Greater New York area, including the five boroughs, western Long Island, the New York counties north of the city, and parts of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut. Robert S. Grumet, a leading ethnohistorian specializing in the region’s Indian peoples, draws on his meticulous research and deep knowledge to determine the origins of Native, and Native-sounding, place names. Grumet divides his encyclopedic entries into two parts. The first comprises an alphabetical listing of nearly 340 Indian place names preserved in colonial records, located by county and state. Each entry includes the name’s language of origin, if known, and a brief discussion of its etymology, including its earliest known occurrence in written records, the history of its appearance on maps, and the name’s current status. The book’s second section presents nearly 200 place names that, though widely believed to be of Indian origin, are “imports, inventions, invocations, or impostors.” Mistranslations are abundant in place names, and Grumet has ferreted out the mistakes and deceptions among home-grown colonial etymologies that New Yorkers have accepted for centuries. Complete with a concise history of Greater New York, a discussion of the region’s naming practices, a useful timeline, and four maps, this is an invaluable resource both for scholars and for readers who want a more intimate knowledge of the place where they live or visit.
New York Geographic Names
Author:
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ISBN:
Category : Names, Geographical
Languages : en
Pages : 738
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Names, Geographical
Languages : en
Pages : 738
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Names on the Land
Author: George R. Stewart
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Names, Geographical
Languages : en
Pages : 548
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Names, Geographical
Languages : en
Pages : 548
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Naming New York
Author: Sanna Feirstein
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814727123
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
New York Historical Society docent Feirstein has written a historically rich guide to New York City that will entertain both New Yorkers and tourists as they walk through the Big Apple. The histories of the city's major neighborhoods, as well as the history of their names divide the book into sections, the remainder of which contains the names of streets, parks, plazas, corners, alleys, and avenues in that neighborhood and the history of each name. The guide is illustrated with bandw photos of New York's illustrious folk. c. Book News Inc.
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814727123
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
New York Historical Society docent Feirstein has written a historically rich guide to New York City that will entertain both New Yorkers and tourists as they walk through the Big Apple. The histories of the city's major neighborhoods, as well as the history of their names divide the book into sections, the remainder of which contains the names of streets, parks, plazas, corners, alleys, and avenues in that neighborhood and the history of each name. The guide is illustrated with bandw photos of New York's illustrious folk. c. Book News Inc.
New York Place Names
Author: Alexander Clarence Flick
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Names, Geographical
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Names, Geographical
Languages : en
Pages : 52
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Geographic Names Information System (GNIS): New York (2 v.)
Author:
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Category : Names, Geographical
Languages : en
Pages :
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Publisher:
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Category : Names, Geographical
Languages : en
Pages :
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