1500 California Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, a Revised Version of 1000 California Place Names by Erwin G. Gudde, Third Edition Paperback - 1998
by William Bright
This handbook focuses on two sorts of names: those that are well-known as destinations or as geographical features of the state, and those that demand attention because of their problematic origins, whether Spanish, such as Bodega and Chamisal, or Native American, like Aguanga and Siskiyou. Map.
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This book traces the origins of place names such as California, named after the mythical black queen Califia, and the town of Peanut, named by a postmaster who was fond of this snack. From the exotic to the prosaic, from border to border, from A to Z, 1500 California Place Names explores the heritage of the Indians, explorers, missionaries, settlers, and surveyors who took part in naming the state's cities, rivers, lakes, peaks, valleys, and other geographical features. This revised, expanded handbook includes the names of the major Indian tribes of California, many of them directly or indirectly the source of place names. William Bright incorporates his own recent research and that of other linguists and local historians to give us a deeper appreciation of the tangled ancestry of many California names. Featuring phonetic pronunciations for tongue-twisting locales, this compact guide should accompany anyone who travels the highways, trails, or waterways of the Golden State.
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- Title 1500 California Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, a Revised Version of 1000 California Place Names by Erwin G. Gudde, Third Edition
- Author William Bright
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 4 Sub
- Pages 172
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of California Press, Berkeley, CA
- Date 1998-11-30
- Abridged Yes
- ISBN 9780520212718 / 0520212711
- Weight 0.31 lbs (0.14 kg)
- Dimensions 7.07 x 4.23 x 0.51 in (17.96 x 10.74 x 1.30 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Western U.S.
- Cultural Region: West Coast
- Geographic Orientation: California
- Library of Congress subjects California - History, Local, Names, Geographical - California
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 97043147
- Dewey Decimal Code 917.940
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Citations
- American Reference Bks Annual, 01/01/1999, Page 170
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