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Indian place names in Alabama /
What is the 'meaning' of names like Coosa and Tallapoosa? Who named the Alabama and Tombigbee and Tennessee rivers? How are Cheaha and Conecuh and Talladega pronounced? How did Opelika and Tuscaloosa get their names? Questions like these, which are asked by laymen as well as by historians,...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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University, Ala. :
University of Alabama Press,
©1984.
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| Edición: | Rev. ed. with a foreword, appendix, and index / |
| Colección: | Library Alabama Classics.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | What is the 'meaning' of names like Coosa and Tallapoosa? Who named the Alabama and Tombigbee and Tennessee rivers? How are Cheaha and Conecuh and Talladega pronounced? How did Opelika and Tuscaloosa get their names? Questions like these, which are asked by laymen as well as by historians, geographers, and students of the English language, can be answered only by study of the origins and history of the Indian names that dot the map of Alabama. |
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| Notas: | "Originally published in 1937 as no. 29 of Louisiana State University studies"--Title page verso |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xviii, 107 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0585295514 9780585295510 9780817384722 0817384723 |