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008			031107s1993 000 0 eng d
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040			_aAEA _cAEA
100			_aRoom, Adrian _979037
245		0	_aBrewer's dictionary of names / _cAdrian Room.
260			_aOxford : _bHelicon, _cc1993.
300			_axxix, _b610 p. _c20 cm.
500			_aReveals 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.
650			_aEnglish language _2sears
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