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proper names of
planets and
planetary systems.
Probably the
first toponymists were the
storytellers and
poets who
explained the
origin of specific...
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philosopher MPC · 3949 3950
Yoshida 1986 CH
Tougo Yoshida (1864–1918), ****anese
toponymist MPC · 3950 3951
Zichichi 1986 CK1
Antonino Zichichi (born 1929), Italian...
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retired Scottish judge Kenneth Cameron (academic) (1922–2001),
British toponymist and
academic Ken
Cameron (trade unionist) (1941–2016),
Scottish trade...
- of the word fuji is in the
Yamato language rather than Ainu. ****anese
toponymist Kanji Kagami argued that the name has the same root as
wisteria (藤, fuji)...
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referred to
Grand Bahama alone but was used
inclusively in
English by 1670.
Toponymist Isaac Taylor argues that the name was
derived from
Bimani (Bimini), which...
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although historians do not
believe the
inscription refers to King Arthur.
Toponymists have had
difficulty explaining the
origin of 'Tintagel': the probability...
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Stewart Jr. (May 31, 1895 –
August 22, 1980) was an
American historian,
toponymist, novelist, and a
professor of
English at the
University of California...
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William John
Watson (17
February 1865 – 9
March 1948) was a
Scottish toponymist and was the
first scholar to
place the
study of
Scottish place names on...
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granted to the
Cistercian order by
Henry II in the 1180s.
According to the
toponymists Albert Dauzat and later, François de Beaurepaire,
there are two possible...
- on his own chart; the city in turn took its name from the cape.
Noted toponymist and
historian George R.
Stewart favored this explanation,
citing a letter...
