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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) 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

5) 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.

6) Names on the land: a historical account of place-naming in the United States

Author

Stewart, George Rippey

Publisher

New York Review Books

Pub. Date

c2008

Language

English

7) California names, their history and meaning

Publisher

American Trust Company

Pub. Date

c1952

Language

English

8) 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

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

Author

Marinacci, Barbara

Publisher

Presidio Press

Pub. Date

c1980

Language

English

10) El origen de los nombres de los paises del mundo: y de muchas de las islas que estos poseen

Author

Publisher

De los Cuatro Vientos

Pub. Date

2003

Language

Español

11) 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

12) The dictionary of California land names

Author

Hanna, Phil Townsend

Publisher

The Automobile club of Southern California

Pub. Date

1946

Language

English

13) 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

14) Forts of the State of California

Author

Pub. Date

1960

Language

English

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

Author

Pub. Date

1949]

Language

English

16) Nicknames and sobriquets of U.S. cities and States

Author

Kane, Joseph Nathan

Publisher

Scarecrow Press

Pub. Date

1970

Language

English

17) 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

18) 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

19) California names: words, phrases and place names in common use in the Golden state, spelled, pronounced, defined and explained

Author

Wells, Harry Laurenz

Publisher

Kellaway-Ide Co

Pub. Date

©1940

Language

English

20) 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

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