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The Century dictionary and cyclopedia, with a new atlas of the world; a work of general reference in all departments of knowledge ... (The Century co., 1911), by Benjamin E. Smith and William Dwight Whitney (page images at HathiTrust)
The Century cyclopedia of names, a pronouncing and etymological dictionary of names in geography, biography, mythology, history, ethnology, art, archaeology, fiction, etc., etc. (The Century co., 1918), by Benjamin E. Smith (page images at HathiTrust)
The Indian names of Boston, and their meaning (John Wilson and Son. University Press, 1886), by Eben Norton Horsford, Huntington Free Library, Heye Foundation Museum of the American Indian, and New England Historic Genealogical Society (page images at HathiTrust)
Origins and meanings of popular phrases & names : including those which came into use during the great war (T. W. Laurie ltd., 1925), by Basil Hargrave (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
A dictionary of names, nicknames and surnames, of persons, places and things (G. Routledge & sons, ltd.;, 1904), by Edward Latham (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
On transferred appellations of human beings, chiefly in English and German; studies in historical sematology (W. Zachrissons boktryckeri a.-b., 1903), by Josef Reinius (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Medical terminology made easy (Physicians' Record Co., 1951), by JeHarned (page images at HathiTrust)
Essai historique et philosophique sur les noms d'hommes (Bossange père, 1824), by Eusèbe Salverte (page images at HathiTrust)
The quest for a lost race; presenting the theory of Paul B. Du Chaillu, that the English-speaking people of to-day are descended from the Scandinavians rather than the Teutons--from the Normans rather than the Germans (J.P. Morton & company, printers to the Filson club, 1907), by Thomas Edward Pickett (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The American language; an inquiry into the development of English in the United States (A.A. Knopf, 1923), by H. L. Mencken (page images at HathiTrust)
The Century dictionary, an encyclopedic lexicon of the English language (Century, 1914), by Benjamin E. Smith and William Dwight Whitney (page images at HathiTrust)
The relations between ancient Russia and Scandinavia and the origin of the Russian state. Three lectures delivered at the Taylor institution, Oxford, in May, 1876, in accordance with the terms of Lord Ilchester's bequest to the University (J. Parker and co., 1877), by Vilhelm Thomsen (page images at HathiTrust)
Hatkutʻiwn Araraday ew Norin Surb Ekeghetsʻwoy (880-03 Kostandnupōlis : I tparani Petros A. Chēzvēcheani, 1870., 1870), by Tʻadēos Mihrdatēs (page images at HathiTrust)
Origins and meanings of popular phrases and names (T.W. Laurie, 1911), by Basil Hargrave (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Names: and their meaning, a book for the curious. (G. P. Putnam's sons; [etc., etc.], 1891), by Leopold Wagner (page images at HathiTrust)
Über personennamen in den ortsnamen Spaniens und Portugals. (R. Gaertner, 1902), by Johannes Jungfer (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
International rules of zoological nomenclature. With an appendix containing summaries of opinions no. 1-no. 67. (T. O. Smallwood, 1916), by International Congress of Zoology (9th : 1913 : Monaco) (page images at HathiTrust)
On names of things as designations for human beings in English; a sematological study (Printed by H. Ohlsson, 1910), by Arvid Johannes Magnus Smith (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
A dictionary of names, nicknames and surnames, of persons, places and things. (Gale Research Co., 1966), by Edward Latham (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
History of the names of men, nations, and places in their connection with the progress of civilization (John Russell Smith, 1862), by Eusèbe Salverte and L. H. Mordacque (page images at HathiTrust)
On transferred appellations of human beings (W. Zachrissons boktryckeri a.-b., 1903), by Josef Reinius (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
A glossary of Cornish names, ancient and modern, local, family, personal, &c.: 20,000 Celtic and other names, now or formerly in use in Cornwall: (Williams & Nargate [etc, 1871), by John Bannister (page images at HathiTrust)
Die Herkunft und Geschichte des arischen Stammes (Arierverlag G.m.b.H., 1920), by Karl Georg Zschaetzsch (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Wörterbuch der richtigen aussprache ausländischer eigennamen ... (In der Arnoldischen buchhandlung, 1832), by August Müller (page images at HathiTrust)
Griechisch-deutsches wörterbuch der mythologischen, historischen und geographischen eigennamen, etc. (Hannover, 1832), by Gottlieb Christian Crusius (page images at HathiTrust)
Names and their meaning; a book for the curious. (Gale Research Co., 1968), by Leopold Wagner (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The names we bear: a descriptive compendium of Biblical, classical, and common names. Compiled so as to aid memory, in an etymological narrative form, and a copious index (H.A. Long, 1870), by Harry Alfred Long and James M'Cann (page images at HathiTrust)
Names and their meaning; a book for the curious (G. P. Putnam's Son's, 1892), by Leopold Wagner (page images at HathiTrust)
The Century dictionary and cyclopedia, with a new atlas of the world : a work of general reference in all departments of knowledge ... (The Century co., 1913), by Benjamin E. Smith and William Dwight Whitney (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Names: amd their meaning; a book for the curious (T. Fisher Unwin, 1892), by Leopold Wagner (page images at HathiTrust)
An introduction to the author's forth-coming volume on the origin, signification, translation, classification and etymology of proper-names (s.n., 1902), by Charles Baillairgé (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Introduction au futur ouvrage de l'auteur sur l'origine, la signification, la traduction, classification et étymologie des noms-propres (s.n., 1902), by Charles Baillairgé (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Titres et noms; discours prononcé à l'audience solennelle de rentrée du 16 octobre 1883. (Gand, 1883), by Jules Pierre Auguste Lameere (page images at HathiTrust)
De l'infamie en droit romain. Des noms de personnes en droit français. (1884), by Eugène Bouvy (page images at HathiTrust)
Englisches namen-lexikon; mit aussprachebezeichnung. (Berlin, 1888), by G. Tanger (page images at HathiTrust)
De l'adoption en droit romain. Du nom de famille et des titres de noblesse en droit français. (Paris, 1882), by Paul Tournade (page images at HathiTrust)
The Century dictionary and cyclopedia, a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge with a new atlas of the world. (The Century Co., 1909), by Benjamin E. Smith and William Dwight Whitney (page images at HathiTrust)
The nomenclature of diseases (Darling, 1906), by Royal College of Physicians of London (page images at HathiTrust)
The Century dictionary and cyclopedia : a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge with a new atlas of the world. (Century Co., 1901), by Benjamin E. Smith and William Dwight Whitney (page images at HathiTrust)
California: the name (University of California press, 1917), by Ruth Putnam and Herbert Ingram Priestley (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
A Norman origin for Shakespeare. ([Sewanee, Tenn.], 1921), by Joseph Quincy Adams (page images at HathiTrust)
That word "Idaho" (University of Denver Press, 1951), by Erl H. Ellis (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Names: and their meaning; a book for the curious (T. Fisher Unwin, 1897), by Leopold Wagner (page images at HathiTrust)
The Century cyclopedia of names : a pronouncing and etymological dictionary of names in geography, biography, mythology, history, ethnology, art, archæology, fiction, etc. ... (The Century Co., 1894), by Benjamin E. Smith (page images at HathiTrust)
The Century cyclopedia of names; a pronouncing and etymological dictionary of names in geography, biography, mythology, history, ethnology, art, archŏlogy, fiction, etc. ... (The Century Co., 1895), by Benjamin E. Smith (page images at HathiTrust)
The Century cyclopedia of names; a pronouncing and etymological dictionary of names in geography, biography, mythology, history, ethnology, art, archaeology, fiction, etc., etc. (The Century Co., 1904), by Benjamin E. Smith (page images at HathiTrust)
Prosopographia Attica. (1909), by Johannes Sundwall (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The Century cyclopedia of names; a pronouncing and etymological dictionary of names in geography, biography, mythology, history, ethnology, art, archaeology, fiction, etc. ... (Century, 1899) (page images at HathiTrust)
Il caso "Rosny". (Milano, 1903), by Mario Ricca-Barberis (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The names we bear; a descriptive compendium of Bibliocal, Classical, and common names, compiled so as to aid memory, in an etymoloical narrative form and a copious index. (H.A. Long, 1877), by Harry Alfred Long (page images at HathiTrust)
al-Shajarah al-Muḥammadīyah ([Istanbul?] : Maṭbaʻat Muḥammad wa-Burhān al-Dīn, 1331 [1913], 1913), by Muḥammad ibn Asʻad Jawwānī (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Patrum nicaenorum nomina Latine, Graece, Coptice, Syriace, Arabice, Armeniace (in aedibus B. G. Teubneri, 1898), by Otto Cuntz, Heinrich Hilgenfeld, and Heinrich Gelzer (page images at HathiTrust)
Names: and Their Meaning; A Book for the Curious, by Leopold Wagner (Gutenberg ebook)

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