Lukol Directory: Science: Social Sciences: Geography: Place Names: Regional: Europe

IreAtlas Townland Database
A search engine of the IreAtlas Townland data base.
http://www.seanruad.com/

Swedish Gazetteer
Search a list of almost 60,000 locations in Sweden. Results are shown with municipality and county, as well as the location on a topographic map of Sweden. (From the National Atlas of Sweden.)
http://www.sna.se/gazetteer.html

Gazetteer of Slovakia
Index of geographic features, populated places, and administrative place names.
http://www.iarelative.com/gazateer.htm

Toponymic Guidelines: Germany
Contents include alphabet, spelling, maps, multilingual regions and dialects, and frequently occurring components of geographical names.
http://www.ifag.de/Kartographie/Stagn/tr_e...

Society for Name Studies in Britain and Ireland
Originally an invitation-only society for scholars but now with a wider membership. Projects, journal and events.
http://www.snsbi.org.uk/

The Whole Basque Place-Name List
Original Basque names for places that appear in French or Spanish in maps.
http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/5062/...

Scottish Place-Name Society
Supports toponymic studies in Scotland and the work of the Scottish Place-Name Database at the University of St. Andrews and the University of Edinburgh. Projects, notes and queries, newsletter.
http://www.st-and.ac.uk/institutes/sassi/s...

Irish Placename Studies
Introduction to a discussion group for the study of place names in Ireland.
http://www.maqqi.supanet.com/geography/pla...

Toponymic Guidelines of Poland
Guidance in English, with a download including maps.
http://www.gugik.gov.pl/komisja/tgp.htm

Toponymic Lexicon of French Flanders
Historical background and alphabetical lists matching French and Dutch/Flemish names.
http://home.tiscali.be/raymond.herbigniaux...

Languages of Finland - Toponymic Guidelines
Introduction to a download of the guidelines which include spelling rules, glossaries, and aids to pronunciation of Finnish and Saami placenames.
http://www.kotus.fi/inenglish/toponymicgui...

Ulster Place-name Society
Provides details of membership, the society journal and event information.
http://www.ulsterplacenames.org/

Geoserv - Ortsuche
Datenbankabfrage per E-Mail für Deutschland.
http://www.genealogienetz.de/gene/misc/geo...

The JewishGen ShtetlSeeker
Locates settlements in Central and Eastern Europe. Covers linguistic and historic variants for names.
http://www.jewishgen.org/ShtetlSeeker/

MapSite
Provided by the National Land Survey of Finland. Browse detailed and up-to-date maps covering the whole of Finland. Search by place name or address. Free registration required.
http://www.kartta.nls.fi/karttapaikka/eng/...

Toponymic Guidelines for Cartography - Norway
Introduction to a download of the guidelines.
http://www.statkart.no/IPS/?module=Article...

Nordic Place Names Database (NONDB)
Registration needed. Data from Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland.
http://www.nondb.nls.fi/

Place Names of Europe
Main cities and features. Their origins, and forms in distinct languages. Maintained by Jacek Wesolowski and Jan Salm.
http://www.p.lodz.pl/I35/personal/jw37/EUR...

Belgium-Roots
Placename index for Belgium.
http://belgium.rootsweb.com/bel/_places/in...

Place Name Board of Estonia
Government body providing news, lists of place names, and toponymic guidelines.
http://www.eki.ee/knn/index2.htm


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