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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,...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Read, William A. (William Alexander), 1869-1962
Otros Autores: McMillan, James B., 1907-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: University, Ala. : University of Alabama Press, ©1984.
Edición:Rev. ed. with a foreword, appendix, and index /
Colección:Library Alabama Classics.
Temas:
Names, Indian > Alabama.
Names, Geographical > Alabama.
Noms des Peuples autochtones > Alabama.
Noms géographiques > Alabama.
TRAVEL.
Names, Geographical
Names, Indian
Geografische namen.
Indianen.
Alabama
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Foreword
  • Map of Alabama Counties and Principal Rivers
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 1. Source of Names
  • 2. Character of Names
  • 3. Number and Distribution of Names
  • 4. Pseudo-Indian Names
  • Symbols and Abbreviations
  • International Phonetic Alphabet
  • List of Names
  • Bibliography
  • Appendix
  • 1. Names
  • 2. Pronunciation
  • 3. Appendix Bibliography
  • Index.

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