The New Century cyclopedia of names / edited by Clarence L. Barnhart with the assistance of William D. Halsey and a staff of more than 350 consulting scholars, special editors, and other contributors.

This is a unique reference work consisting solely of information about proper names having importance in the English-speaking world. English and native spellings, pronunciations, and essential facts are given about more than 100,000 names such as persons, places, events, plays and operas, works of f...

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Other Authors:	Barnhart, Clarence L. 1900-1993 (Editor), Halsey, William Darrach, 1918- (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Appleton-Century-Crofts, [1954]
Subjects:	Geography > Dictionaries. Biography > Dictionaries. Names > Dictionaries.