The Dictionary of Scottish Place Names

The Dictionary of Scottish Place Names PDF Author: Michael Darton
Publisher: Sterling/Main Street
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 290

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This is a definitive work of reference with over 5,000 entries. It is the most comprehensive book of its type detailing derivation, meaning and location. The place names include cities, towns and villages but also extend to coverage of mountains, lochs, rivers and other geographical features. There is a detailed introduction to the dictionary which will enable readers to understand the various linguistic derivations and which provides some guidance to pronunciations. It also gives tips on using the entries, making the book even more accessible--Front cover.

The Dictionary of Scottish Place Names

The Dictionary of Scottish Place Names PDF Author: Michael Darton
Publisher: Sterling/Main Street
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 290

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Book Description
This is a definitive work of reference with over 5,000 entries. It is the most comprehensive book of its type detailing derivation, meaning and location. The place names include cities, towns and villages but also extend to coverage of mountains, lochs, rivers and other geographical features. There is a detailed introduction to the dictionary which will enable readers to understand the various linguistic derivations and which provides some guidance to pronunciations. It also gives tips on using the entries, making the book even more accessible--Front cover.

Pronouncing Dictionary of Scottish Place-names

Pronouncing Dictionary of Scottish Place-names PDF Author: Tain Royal Academy
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Names, Geographical
Languages : en
Pages : 70

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Scottish Place Names

Scottish Place Names PDF Author: Maggie Scott
Publisher: Black & White Publishing
ISBN: 1845028228
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 73

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The Scots language is a world of wonderful, historic and evocative words, full of a rich variety that can fit any occasion. And where better to find this use of Scots than in the land itself. In Scottish Place Names Maggie Scott of Scottish Language Dictionaries takes you around the country from Dumfries to Shetland to explain the meanings of the place names that make up today's Scotland. Through a trip to Scotland's towns and cities, up and down the hills and mountains, along the rivers and lochs, through the forests and glens, all the way around the Scottish coast and back to the names of the streets where we live today, Scottish Place Names is a fascinating, entertaining and informative guide to Scots language and to Scotland.

Gaelic Dictionary

Gaelic Dictionary PDF Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gaelic language -- Etymology -- Names
Languages : en
Pages : 22

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A Dictionary of British Place-Names

A Dictionary of British Place-Names PDF Author: David Mills
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019960908X
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 574

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From Abbas Combe to Zennor, this dictionary gives the meaning and origin of place names in the British Isles, tracing their development from earliest times to the present day.

Scotland's Place-names

Scotland's Place-names PDF Author: David Philip Dorward
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Names, Geographical
Languages : en
Pages : 96

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David Dorward's book on Scottish place-names is a fascinating volume that offers insight and intrigue into the myriad of wonderful place-names found across Scotland. Much more than simply a dictionary of place-names, Dorward makes the subject accessible to the general reader, with explanations of hundreds of names that are clear and concise, and often witty, and as well as meanings, David Dorward gives the correct pronunciation of Scottish names. This new edition is a mine of information for the inquiring schoolchild, the hill-walker or mountaineer, the local historian--everyone, in fact, who has ever wondered about the origins of the marvelous variety of place-names in Scotland. With many parts of names tracing their roots back to their Celtic, Gaelic or Old English origins, it presents an opportunity for readers to unravel for themselves the meanings of hundreds of local area and landscape names--leading them into fascinating by--ways that anyone who looks up one name will be irresistibly led to explore more deeply.

Scottish Land-names

Scottish Land-names PDF Author: Sir Herbert Maxwell
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Names, Geographical
Languages : en
Pages : 272

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Concise Dictionary of Scottish Words and Phrases

Concise Dictionary of Scottish Words and Phrases PDF Author: Betty Kirkpatrick
Publisher: Crombie Jardine Publishing
ISBN: 1848398050
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 160

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A concise but comprehensive collection of Scottish words and phrases.

A Pronouncing Dictionary of Scottish Gaelic

A Pronouncing Dictionary of Scottish Gaelic PDF Author: Henry Cyril Dieckhoff
Publisher: Hyperion Books
ISBN: 9781871901184
Category : Gaelic
Languages : en
Pages : 185

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A pronouncing dictionary of Gaelic, based on the Glengarry dialect of the West Highlands. It uses standard phonetic notation and is designed to be particularly useful to non-native English speakers.

Place-names of Scotland

Place-names of Scotland PDF Author: James Brown Johnston
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Names, Geographical
Languages : en
Pages : 640

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