Author: Peter E Raper
Publisher: Jonathan Ball Publishers
ISBN: 1868425509
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 1276
Book Description
The Dictionary of Southern African Place Names - now in its 4th edition - helps you sort your Komkhulu from your Kommetjie with the most comprehensive glossary of Southern African towns, villages, railway stations, mountains, rivers and beaches. The 9 000 short entries incorporate data from sources dating as far back as 1486, encapsulating the linguistic and cultural heritage of all the peoples of the subcontinent, past and present. In this highly readable book the expert authors take you on a fascinating journey of the highways and byways of Southern Africa. Whether you are a motorist, an adventurer or merely an armchair traveller, this book has a multitude of facts and details that will fascinate you. This is much more than a reference book - it gives an insight into what shapes a place and its people through our heroes, events, beliefs, values, fears and aspirations.
Dictionary of Southern African Place Names
Place Names in Africa
Author: Liora Bigon
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319324853
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
This volume examines the discursive relations between indigenous, colonial and post-colonial legacies of place-naming in Africa in terms of the production of urban space and place. It is conducted by tracing and analysing place-naming processes, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa during colonial times (British, French, Belgian, Portuguese), with a considerable attention to both the pre-colonial and post-colonial situations. By combining in-depth area studies research – some of the contributions are of ethnographic quality – with colonial history, planning history and geography, the authors intend to show that culture matters in research on place names. This volume goes beyond the recent understanding obtained in critical studies of nomenclature, normally based on lists of official names, that place naming reflects the power of political regimes, nationalism, and ideology.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319324853
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
This volume examines the discursive relations between indigenous, colonial and post-colonial legacies of place-naming in Africa in terms of the production of urban space and place. It is conducted by tracing and analysing place-naming processes, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa during colonial times (British, French, Belgian, Portuguese), with a considerable attention to both the pre-colonial and post-colonial situations. By combining in-depth area studies research – some of the contributions are of ethnographic quality – with colonial history, planning history and geography, the authors intend to show that culture matters in research on place names. This volume goes beyond the recent understanding obtained in critical studies of nomenclature, normally based on lists of official names, that place naming reflects the power of political regimes, nationalism, and ideology.
Dictionary of Southern African Place Names
Author: P. E. Raper
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
Geographic dictionary of the place names of South Africa. Includes historical origins of names and pronunciation guides.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
Geographic dictionary of the place names of South Africa. Includes historical origins of names and pronunciation guides.
New Dictionary of South African Place Names
Author: P. E. Raper
Publisher: Jonathan Ball Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
Publisher: Jonathan Ball Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
South African Place Names
Author: Charles Pettman
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Names, Geographical
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Names, Geographical
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
African Placenames
Author: Adrian Room
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Each of the over 2,000 entries gives the country and, in most cases, geographical location within the country. An account of the name's origin and meaning follows, with appropriate historical, topographical and biological references. Cross references provide both former names and alternate spellings or forms of current names.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Each of the over 2,000 entries gives the country and, in most cases, geographical location within the country. An account of the name's origin and meaning follows, with appropriate historical, topographical and biological references. Cross references provide both former names and alternate spellings or forms of current names.
African Placenames
Author: Adrian Room
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Each of the over 2,000 entries gives the country and, in most cases, geographical location within the country. An account of the name's origin and meaning follows, with appropriate historical, topographical and biological references. Cross references provide both former names and alternate spellings or forms of current names.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Each of the over 2,000 entries gives the country and, in most cases, geographical location within the country. An account of the name's origin and meaning follows, with appropriate historical, topographical and biological references. Cross references provide both former names and alternate spellings or forms of current names.
Alphabetical Classification of South African Place Names by Magisterial Areas, and Magisterial Areas Listing South African Place Names
Changing Place Names
Author: Elwyn Jenkins
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Alphabetical Classification of South African Place Names by Magisterial Areas, and Magisterial Areas Listing South African Place Names
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780620183529
Category : Names, Geographical
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780620183529
Category : Names, Geographical
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description