Indian Place Names in Alabama.

By: Read, William AContributor(s): McMillan, James BMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Library Alabama Classics SerPublisher: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 1984Copyright date: ©1984Description: 1 online resource (127 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780817384722Subject(s): Names, Geographical -- Alabama | Names, Indian -- AlabamaGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Indian Place Names in AlabamaDDC classification: 917.61/003/21 LOC classification: E78Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Map of Alabama Counties and Principal Rivers -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Source of Names -- 2. Character of Names -- 3. Number and Distribution of Names -- 4. Pseudo-Indian Names -- Symbols and Abbreviations -- International Phonetic Alphabet -- List of Names -- Bibliography -- Appendix -- 1. Names -- 2. Pronounciation -- 3. Appendix Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: "What is the 'meaning' of names like Coosa and Tallapoosa? Who named the Alabama and Tombigbee and Tennessee rivers? How are Cheaha and Conecuh and Talladega pronounced? How did Opelika and Tuscaloosa get their names? Questions like these, which are asked by laymen as well as by historians, geographers, and students of the English language, can be answered only by study of the origins and history of the Indian names that dot the map of Alabama.-from the Foreword Originally published by Professor Read in 1937, this volume was revised, updated, and annotated in 1984 by James B. McMillan and remains the single best compedium on the topic.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Map of Alabama Counties and Principal Rivers -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Source of Names -- 2. Character of Names -- 3. Number and Distribution of Names -- 4. Pseudo-Indian Names -- Symbols and Abbreviations -- International Phonetic Alphabet -- List of Names -- Bibliography -- Appendix -- 1. Names -- 2. Pronounciation -- 3. Appendix Bibliography -- Index.

"What is the 'meaning' of names like Coosa and Tallapoosa? Who named the Alabama and Tombigbee and Tennessee rivers? How are Cheaha and Conecuh and Talladega pronounced? How did Opelika and Tuscaloosa get their names? Questions like these, which are asked by laymen as well as by historians, geographers, and students of the English language, can be answered only by study of the origins and history of the Indian names that dot the map of Alabama.-from the Foreword Originally published by Professor Read in 1937, this volume was revised, updated, and annotated in 1984 by James B. McMillan and remains the single best compedium on the topic.

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