[PDF] Dictionary Of Southern African Place Names eBook

Author : Peter E Raper
Publisher : Jonathan Ball Publishers
Page : 1276 pages
File Size : 17,50 MB
Release : 2014-12-08
Category : Reference
ISBN : 1868425509

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The Dictionary of Southern African Place Names - now in its 4th edition - helps you sort your Komkhulu from your Kommetjie with the most comprehensive glossary of Southern African towns, villages, railway stations, mountains, rivers and beaches. The 9 000 short entries incorporate data from sources dating as far back as 1486, encapsulating the linguistic and cultural heritage of all the peoples of the subcontinent, past and present. In this highly readable book the expert authors take you on a fascinating journey of the highways and byways of Southern Africa. Whether you are a motorist, an adventurer or merely an armchair traveller, this book has a multitude of facts and details that will fascinate you. This is much more than a reference book - it gives an insight into what shapes a place and its people through our heroes, events, beliefs, values, fears and aspirations.

Author : P. E. Raper
Publisher :
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 24,53 MB
Release : 2015-06-08
Category : Africa, Southern
ISBN : 9781868425495

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Now in its 4th Edition -- this dictionary helps you to sort your Komkhulu from your Kommetjie with the most comprehensive glossary of Southern African towns, villages, railway stations, mountains, rivers and beaches. The 9,000 short entries incorporate data from sources dating as far back as 1486, encapsulating the linguistic and cultural heritage of all the peoples of the subcontinent, past and present. In this highly readable book the expert authors take you on a fascinating journey of the highways and byways of Southern Africa. Whether you are a motorist, an adventurer or merely an armchair traveller, this book has a multitude of facts and details that will amuse and interest you. This is much more than a reference book -- it gives an insight into what shapes a place and its people through our heroes, events, beliefs, values, fears and aspirations.

Author : Kalumba, Phumzile Simelane
Publisher : Modjaji Books
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 18,67 MB
Release : 2018-03-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1928215491

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Jabulani Means Rejoice is a dictionary comprised of hundreds of African names in local South African languages, meticulously assembled and expounded upon for the curious reader. Names are listed in alphabetical order with gender indications, as well as information regarding their ethnographic origins and meanings. Yet, Jabulani Means Rejoice is so much more than simply a list of names and their meanings. The author skilfully interweaves cultural context and history, including issues surrounding naming rituals, domestic disputes and the curse of the evil eye. As a reference work, the book stands as an invaluable contribution to the growing interest in African cultural history. With its names ranging from the traditional to the unconventional, it will appeal to linguists, family historians and anyone with an interest in names.

Author : Adrian Room
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 27,56 MB
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN :

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Each of the over 2,000 entries gives the country and, in most cases, geographical location within the country. An account of the name's origin and meaning follows, with appropriate historical, topographical and biological references. Cross references provide both former names and alternate spellings or forms of current names.

Author : Adrian Room
Publisher :
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 20,10 MB
Release : 1994
Category : History
ISBN :

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Each of the over 2,000 entries gives the country and, in most cases, geographical location within the country. An account of the name's origin and meaning follows, with appropriate historical, topographical and biological references. Cross references provide both former names and alternate spellings or forms of current names.

Author : O. A. Leistner
Publisher :
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 36,40 MB
Release : 1976
Category : Africa, Southern
ISBN :

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This list of place names with a degree reference system is intended as an aid in locating place names in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland. It was originally compiled for internal use by the Botanical Research Institute for the identification of place references in botanical collections. (wh).