Interesting Place Names and History of Wales Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, Anglesley? Mynyddislwyn, Caerphilly? Devil's Bridge, Ceredigion? Penrhyndeudraeth, Gwynedd? Quakers Yard, Merthyr Tydfil? Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan? Rhosllannerchrugog, Wrexham? If you are wondering where these names came from, this is the book for you Other interesting place names included, plus interesting history of Wales

Revised Interesting Place Names and History of Ireland Ballyjamesduff, County Cavan? Lisdoonvarna, County Clare? Deadman's Lane, Galway, County Galway? Fairy Rock, County Kerry? Termonfeckin, County Louth? Magheranaskeagh, County Offaly? If you are wondering where these names came from, this is the book for you Other interesting place names included, plus interesting history of Ireland

Interesting Place Names and History of America Toad Suck, Arkansas? Treasure Island, Florida? Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaug Lake, Massachusetts? Satan Pass, New Mexico? Bad Wound, South Dakota? Gun Barrel City, Texas? Walla Walla, Washington? If you are wondering where these names came from, this is the book for you Other interesting place names included, plus interesting history of America

"Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it." George Santayana "Jew: one of a scattered group of people that traces its descent from the Biblical Hebrews or from postexilic adherents of Judaism; Israelite. A person whose religion is Judaism." http: //dictionary.reference.com/browse/jew "Persecution: a program or campaign to exterminate, drive away, or subjugate people based on their membership in a religious, ethnic, social, or racial group." http: //dictionary.reference.com/browse/persecution "Anti-Semitism is a certain perception of Jews, which may be expressed as hatred...

"Wave: a disturbance on the surface of a liquid body, as the sea or a lake, in the form of a moving ridge or swell. Any surging or progressing movement or part resembling a wave of the sea. A mass movement, as of troops, settlers, or migrating birds. An outward curve, or one of a series of such curves, in a surface or line; undulation. An act or instance or waving. Physics. A progressive disturbance propagated from point to point in a medium or space without progress or advance by the points themselves, as in the transmission of sound or light. Literary. Water, a body of water, the sea."...

"Zambezi: a river in Southern Africa, flowing south and west from Zambia through Eastern Angola and Zambia and then east along the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe into and through central Mozambique to the Indian Ocean. 1650 miles (2657 km) long." http: //dictionary.reference.com/browse/zambezi Alexander Keith Johnston; Dictionary of Geography, Descriptive, Physical, Statistical, and Historical, Forming a Complete General Gazetteer of the World; Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans; 1853 Alexander Keith Johnston writes: "ZAMBEZE, or CUAMA, a river of East Africa, enters the Indian Ocean by...

"St Lawrence: a river in southeast Canada, flowing northeast from Lake Ontario, forming part of the boundary between New York and Ontario, and emptying into the Gulf of St Lawrence. 760 miles (1225 km) long. Gulf of, an arm of the Atlantic between southeast Canada and Newfoundland." http: //dictionary.reference.com/browse/st--lawrence-river Lewis Evans; Geographical, historical, political, philosophical and mechanical essays. The first, containing An analysis of a general map of the middle British colonies in America; 2nd edition; B Franklin and D Hall, MDCCLV. And sold by R&J Dodsley,...

"Lake Superior: a lake in the north central United States and southern Canada: the northernmost of the Great Lakes; the largest of fresh water in the world. 350 miles (564 km) long; 31,820 sq mi (82,415 sq km); greatest depth, 1290 feet (393 meters); 602 feet (183 meters) above sea level." http: //dictionary.reference.com/browse/lake--superior George Copway; Indian Life and Indian History; A Colby and Co; 1858 George Copway writes: "Lake Superior, or, as it is named in the Ojibway language, Ke-che-gumme, is situated in the centre of the nation, and is not only the largest of its lakes, but...

Interesting History of Baltimore Maryland, USA] Word Origin and History of Baltimore: "City in Maryland, US, founded 1729, named for Cecilius Calvert (1605-1675), 2nd baron Baltimore, who held the charter for Maryland colony; from a small port town in southern Ireland where the family had its seat, from Irish Baile na Tighe Mor, literally 'townland of the big house'." http: //www.dictionary.com/browse/baltimore SS Moore, TW Jones, Francis Shallus, James Smither, William Harrison, John Draper; The traveller's directory, or, A pocket companion: shewing the course of the main road from...

Interesting History of Lagos Nigeria] Definition of Lagos "1. The former capital and chief port of Nigeria, on the Bight of Benin: first settled in the sixteenth century; a slave market until the nineteenth century; ceded to Britain (1861); university (1962). Population: 11,135,000 (2005 estimate) "2. A state in southwest Nigeria. Capital: Ikeja. Population: 9,013,534 (2006). Area: 3,345 sq km (1,292 sq miles)." http: //www.dictionary.com/browse/lagos Walter Graham Blackie; The Imperial Gazetteer: A General Dictionary of Geography, Physical, Political, Statistical and Descriptive; Vol 2;...