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Leo Dillon Toponyms
NACIS
October 16, 2015
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Transcript
$ The Name Game: Mapping Toponyms The Name Game: Mapping
Toponyms Pecha Kucha • NACIS Minneapolis 2015 Pecha Kucha • NACIS Minneapolis 2015
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Križišće Elâzığ Łęczna Ơdàðahraun Totally weird diacritic marks Totally weird native form names
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Perejil (Spanish name) Disputed features Leila (Moroccan name) MOROCCO
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