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1) California place names: the origin and etymology of current geographical names

Author

Gudde, Erwin Gustav

Publisher

University of California Press

Language

English

Formats

Book, Reference

2) Monterey County place names: a geographical dictionary

Author

Clark, Donald Thomas

Publisher

Kestrel Press

Pub. Date

c1991

Language

English

Formats

Book, Reference

3) 1000 California place names: their origin and meaning

Author

Gudde, Erwin Gustav

Publisher

Univ. of California Press

Pub. Date

1959

Language

English

Formats

Book, Reference

4) Durham's place names of California's Central Coast: includes Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, San Benito, Monterey & Santa Cruz counties

Author

Durham, David L

Publisher

Word Dancer Press

Pub. Date

2001

Language

English

Formats

Book, Reference

5) California's Spanish place-names: what they are and how they got here

Author

Marinacci, Barbara

Publisher

Presidio Press

Pub. Date

c1980

Language

English

6) Forts of the State of California

Author

Pub. Date

1960

Language

English

7) California's Spanish place names: what they mean and the history they reveal

Author

Marinacci, Barbara

Publisher

Angel City Press

Pub. Date

c2005

Language

English

Formats

Book, Reference

Description

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"Take a spin down Paseo Cerveza or Alameda de las Pulgas... did you know you'll actually be driving down Beer Boulevard or Mall of the Fleas? Learn the stories behind these romantic-sounding but sometimes inaptly named locales in a comprehensive study of Spanish place names in use today in California"--Provided by publisher.

8) The dictionary of California land names

Author

Hanna, Phil Townsend

Publisher

The Automobile club of Southern California

Pub. Date

1946

Language

English

9) What's in a name?: Tales, historical or fictitious, about 111 California Gold Belt place names

Author

Pub. Date

1949]

Language

English

10) California names, their history and meaning

Publisher

American Trust Company

Pub. Date

c1952

Language

English

11) Vanished villages of Monterey County: northern & interior aboriginal sites, placenames & people

Author

Howard, Donald M

Publisher

Antiquities Research Publications

Pub. Date

1977

Language

English

12) Spanish and Indian place names of California: their meaning and their romance

Author

Sanchez, Nellie Van de Grift

Publisher

A.M. Robertson

Pub. Date

1914

Language

English

13) Origin of names of Army and Air Corps posts, camps and stations in World War II in California

Author

Allen, Mary Moore

Publisher

The author

Pub. Date

[195-?]

Language

English

14) Village names in twelve California mission records

Author

Merriam, C. Hart

Series

Reports of the University of California Archaeological Survey volume no. 74

Publisher

University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Dept. of Anthropology

Pub. Date

1968

Language

English

15) A handbook for Californians: a key to meaning and pronunciation of Spanish and Indian place names

Author

Publisher

Harr Wagner Pub. Co

Pub. Date

1926

Language

English

16) California's geographic names: a gazetteer of historic and modern names of the state

Author

Durham, David L

Publisher

Word Dancer Press

Pub. Date

c1998

Language

English

17) California names and their literal meanings: also other primary geography names and their meanings; a book for teachers and other curious people

Author

Publisher

Jones Book and Printing Co

Pub. Date

1893

Language

English

18) California place names of Indian origin

Author

Series

University of California publications. American archaeology and ethnology volume 12, no. 2

Publisher

University of California Press

Pub. Date

1916

Language

English

19) Some Santa Cruz County place names: an index to topographic sheets covering Santa Cruz County, California, 1902-1973

Author

Clark, Donald Thomas

Publisher

University Library, University of California, Santa Cruz

Pub. Date

1980

Language

English

20) Names and places of interest in San Mateo County: with pronunciation, history and traditions

Author

Wyatt, Roscoe D

Publisher

Published by San Mateo County Title Co. for the San Mateo County Historical Association

Pub. Date

1936

Language

English

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