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Adrian Room

65 published titles

Place-names of the world

1 edition

  • ISBN: 0715363905
  • David and Charles
  • 1974
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Room's dictionary of confusibles

1 edition

  • ISBN: 0710001207
  • Routledge and Kegan Paul
  • 1979
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Pet names

1 edition

  • ISBN: 0861160789
  • New Horizon
  • 1979
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Room's dictionary of distinguishables

1 edition

  • ISBN: 0710007752
  • Routlegde & Kegan Paul
  • 1981
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Naming names : stories of pseudonyms and name changes, with a who's who

1 edition

  • ISBN: 0710009208
  • Routledge & Kegan Paul
  • 1981
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Dictionary of trade name origins

2 editions

  • ISBN: 0710008392
  • Routledge & Kegan Paul
  • 1982
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  • ISBN: 0710201745
  • Routledge & Kegan Paul
  • 1983
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Room's Classical dictionary : the origins of the names of characters in classical mythology

1 edition

  • ISBN: 0710092628
  • Routledge and Kegan Paul
  • 1983
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A concise dictionary of modern place-names : in Great Britain and Ireland

2 editions

  • ISBN: 0192115901
  • Oxford University Press
  • 1983
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  • ISBN: 0192819003
  • Oxford University Press
  • 1983
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Dictionary of cryptic crossword clues

1 edition

  • ISBN: 0710094159
  • Routledge & Kegan Paul
  • 1983
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Dictionary of confusing words and meanings

1 edition

  • ISBN: 0710206615
  • Routledge & Kegan Paul
  • 1985
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Pocket companion guide to British place names

1 edition

  • ISBN: 0582892015
  • Longman
  • 1985
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Dictionary of translated names and titles

1 edition

  • ISBN: 0710099533
  • Routledge & Kegan Paul
  • 1986
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Dictionary of true etymologies

1 edition

  • ISBN: 0710203403
  • Routledge & Kegan Paul
  • 1986
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Dictionary of Britain

2 editions

  • ISBN: 0192116622
  • Oxford University Press
  • 1986
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  • ISBN: 0194311538
  • Oxford University Press
  • 1987
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Place names of the world : a dictionary of their origins and backgrounds

1 edition

  • ISBN: 0207155399
  • Angus & Robertson
  • 1987
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Dictionary of coin names

1 edition

  • ISBN: 0710206461
  • Routledge & Kegan Paul
  • 1987
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Dictionary of astronomical names

1 edition

  • ISBN: 0710211155
  • Routledge
  • 1988
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Dictionary of place-names in the British Isles

2 editions

  • ISBN: 074750170X
  • Bloomsbury
  • 1988
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  • ISBN: 0747515115
  • Bloomsbury
  • 1988
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A dictionary of Irish place-names

3 editions

  • ISBN: 086281202X
  • Appletree
  • 1988
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  • ISBN: 086281460X
  • Appletree Press
  • 1994
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  • ISBN: 9781847581396
  • Appletree Press
  • 2009
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A dictionary of contrasting pairs

1 edition

  • ISBN: 0415002176
  • Routledge
  • 1988
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A dictionary of true etymologies

1 edition

  • ISBN: 0415030609
  • Routledge
  • 1988
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The Guinness book of numbers

1 edition

  • ISBN: 0851123724
  • Guinness
  • 1989
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A dictionary of pseudonyms and their origins, with stories of name changes

1 edition

  • ISBN: 1558620532
  • St James Press
  • 1989
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Dictionary of world place names derived from British names

1 edition

  • ISBN: 0415028116
  • Routledge
  • 1989
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The Guinness book of money

(Contributor)

1 edition

  • ISBN: 0851123996
  • Guinness
  • 1990
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Bloomsbury dictionary of dedications

(Contributor)

2 editions

  • ISBN: 0747505217
  • Bloomsbury
  • 1990
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  • ISBN: 0747509573
  • Bloomsbury
  • 1990
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An A to Z of British life

1 edition

  • ISBN: 0194311449
  • Oxford University Press
  • 1990
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The street names of England

1 edition

  • ISBN: 1871615208
  • Paul Watkins
  • 1992
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Brewer's dictionary of names

3 editions

  • ISBN: 0304340774
  • Cassell
  • 1992
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  • ISBN: 0091779545
  • Helicon
  • 1993
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  • ISBN: 1859861024
  • Helicon
  • 1995
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Corporate eponymy : a biographical dictionary of the persons behind the names of major American, British, European, and Asian businesses

1 edition

  • ISBN: 0899506798
  • McFarland
  • 1992
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A name for your baby

1 edition

  • ISBN: 185891101X
  • Bracken
  • 1993
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The naming of animals : an appellative reference to domestic, work, and show animals, real and fictional

1 edition

  • ISBN: 0899507956
  • McFarland
  • 1993
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Place-name changes, 1900-1991

1 edition

  • ISBN: 0810826003
  • Scarecrow Press
  • 1993
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Dictionary of confusible words

1 edition

  • ISBN: 1859860060
  • Helicon
  • 1994
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Cassell dictionary of proper names

1 edition

  • ISBN: 0304344478
  • Cassell
  • 1994
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Hutchinson pocket dictionary of first names

1 edition

  • ISBN: 0091786428
  • Helicon
  • 1994
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African placenames : origins and meanings of the names for over 2000 natural features, towns, cities, provinces and countries

1 edition

  • ISBN: 0899509436
  • McFarland
  • 1994
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British place names

1 edition

  • ISBN: 1859861059
  • Helicon
  • 1995
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The Hutchinson dictionary of concise word origins

1 edition

  • ISBN: 1859861261
  • Helicon
  • 1995
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Dictionary of first names

2 editions

  • ISBN: 0304343986
  • Cassell
  • 1995
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  • ISBN: 0304362263
  • Cassell
  • 2002
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Brewer's dictionary of phrase & fable

3 editions

  • ISBN: 0304345997
  • Cassell
  • 1995
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  • ISBN: 0304350966
  • Cassell
  • 1999
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  • ISBN: 0304350966
  • Cassell
  • 1999
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The Cassell dictionary of first names

1 edition

  • ISBN: 0304349151
  • Cassell
  • 1995
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Literally entitled : a dictionary of the origins of the titles of over 1300 major literary works of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries

1 edition

  • ISBN: 0786401109
  • McFarland
  • 1996
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Placenames of Russia and the former Soviet Union : origins and meanings of the names for over 2000 natural features, towns, regions and countries

1 edition

  • ISBN: 0786400420
  • McFarland
  • 1996
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An alphabetical guide to the language of name studies

1 edition

  • ISBN: 0810831694
  • Scarecrow Press
  • 1996
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Placenames of the world : origins and meanings for over 5000 natural features, countries, capitals, territories, cities and historic sites

1 edition

  • ISBN: 0786401729
  • McFarland
  • 1997
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Placenames of the world : origins and meanings of the names for over 5000 natural features, countries, capitals, territories, cities, and historic sites

1 edition

  • ISBN: 0786418141
  • McFarland & Co.
  • 1997
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Dictionary of pseudonyms

1 edition

  • ISBN: 078640423X
  • McFarland
  • 1998
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The Hutchinson pocket dictionary of confusible words

1 edition

  • ISBN: 1859863078
  • Helicon
  • 1999
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Brewer's dictionary of modern phrase & fable

2 editions

  • ISBN: 0304353817
  • Cassell
  • 2000
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  • ISBN: 0304358711
  • Cassell
  • 2000
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Cassell's foreign words and phrases

1 edition

  • ISBN: 0304350087
  • Cassell
  • 2000
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Brewer's dictionary of phrase and fable

1 edition

  • ISBN: 0304353817
  • HarperResource
  • 2000
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A dictionary of art titles : the origins of the names and titles of 3,000 works of art

1 edition

  • ISBN: 0786407700
  • McFarland
  • 2000
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A dictionary of music titles : the origins of the names and titles of 3,500 musical compostions

1 edition

  • ISBN: 0786407719
  • McFarland
  • 2000
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The Penguin dictionary of British place names

1 edition

  • ISBN: 0140514538
  • Penguin
  • 2003
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Dictionary of pseudonyms : 11,000 assumed names and their origins

1 edition

  • ISBN: 0786416580
  • McFarland & Co.
  • 2004
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Placenames of France : over 4000 towns, villages, natural features, regions and departments

1 edition

  • ISBN: 0786420529
  • McFarland
  • 2004
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Placenames of the world : origins and meanings of the names for 6,600 countries, cities, territories, natural features, and historic sites

1 edition

  • ISBN: 0786422483
  • McFarland
  • 2006
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Nicknames of places : origins and meanings of the alternate and secondary names, sobriquets, titles, epithets and slogans for 4600 places worldwide

1 edition

  • ISBN: 9780786424979
  • McFarland & Co.
  • 2006
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African placenames : origins and meanings of the names for natural features, towns cities, provinces, and counties

1 edition

  • ISBN: 9780786435463
  • McFarland
  • 2008
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Alternate names of places : a worldwide dictionary

1 edition

  • ISBN: 9780786437122
  • McFarland & Co.
  • 2009
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Dictionary of sports and games terminology

1 edition

  • ISBN: 9780786442263
  • McFarland & Co.
  • 2010
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Dictionary of pseudonyms : 13,000 assumed names and their origins

1 edition

  • ISBN: 9780786443734
  • McFarland & Co.
  • 2010
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Placenames of the world : origins and meanings of the names for 6,600 countries, cities, territories, natural features and historic sites

1 edition

  • ISBN: 9780786475254
  • McFarland & Company Inc.
  • 2013
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Place-name changes since 1900 : a world gazetteer

1 edition

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