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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 histo...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Alabama :
University of Alabama Press,
1984.
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| 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.-from the ForewordOriginally published by Professor Read in 1937, this volume was revised, updated, and annotated in 1984 by James B. McMillan and rem. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (127 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780817384722 0817384723 |