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Reference | Aklatang Emilio Aguinaldo-Information Resource Center Reference | PE 1578.A2 .R674 1993 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not for loan | 3AEA0000273842 |
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PE 1519 .M551 1995 Merriam-Webster's rhyming dictionary. | PE 1519 .N420 2012 New Oxford rhyming dictionary. | PE 1574 .F963 1998 Word origins : an exploration and history of words and language / | PE 1578.A2 .R674 1993 Brewer's dictionary of names / | PE 1580 .R674 1986 The fascinating origins of everyday words. / | PE 1582.L3.M781 1997 NTC's dictionary of Latin and Greek origins. | PE 1583 .J346 2004 Ship to shore : a dictionary of everyday words and phrases derived from the sea / |
Reveals the origin of a wide selection of familiar names ,from personal names to place-names,brnad names to astronomical names.It includes a broad selection of names of animals ,mythological and literary charactres,sports team,languages,nationalities ,political parties and pop and rock groups.It takes in the names of holiday sand festivals ,of schoolsa and colleges,of battles and revolutions,and of well-known individual buildings such as clubs,hospitals,country houses,museums and theatres.It includes the origins of the names of famous individual persons,from Ceasar to Sophocles,Homer to Ho Chi Minh.Name sof fictional characters are also represented,such as Shakespeare's Desdemona and Hamlet and,at a lighter and later level,Rudyard Kiplin's Mowgli and A.A.Mine's Winnie The ---Pooh.Equally present are the titles of literary works and musical composition,such as Lavengro and Longherin.
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