It’s not just streets and roads in London that have unique names; many ofBritain’s villages have them as well. As this chapter shows, there are plentyof unique names in the whole of England, Scotland, Wales, and NorthernIreland. Of c...
For exam-ple, Illinois 9 for the Indians inthat part of the country. In their lan-guage, Illinois means “Brave Men”,Connecticut means “At the Long River-Mouth" in the language of the Indi-ans there.Twenty-five of the streets haveIndian names, but other names 10from different languages...
Gunnersbury previously had its own Church of England parish church – built in 1886, St James’s was located on Chiswick High Road until it was demolished in the late 1980s (another church, Gunnersbury Baptist Church stands in Wellesley Road and a Russian Orthodox Cathedral stands on Harvard Ro...
a.The place names of a region or language. b.The study of such place names. 2.AnatomyNomenclature with respect to a region of the body rather than to organs or structures. to·pon′·y·mist(-mĭst)n. The American Heritage® Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2007, 2004 by Houghton Mi...
From Edinburgh castle you can see for miles,north over the beautiful old streets,an arm of the sea that pushes inland.Far away are the mountains of central Scotland,often covered with snow.Edinburgh has a busy cultural life.Every year,in September the International Festival takes place.Musicians...
Here are 10 of the strangest names we've spotted along the roads of Trinidad and Tobago: 1. Pregnancy Lane/Horner Man Lane, Diego Martin These famous (or infamous?) streets in Diego Martin have a sordid history. It is alleged that Hornerman Lane, formerly Trumpet Lane, was so named beca...
"Everyday words can be turned into a place name as circumstances require. The exploration routes of the world are full of such names asCape Catastrophe, Skull Creek, andMount Pleasant, plus hopeful names likeConcord, Fame, andNiceville. The same trend affects streets, parks, promenades, quay...
The article offers the author's view about the significance of the place names where the history of London, England is kept alive. The author said that the place names that survive in local usage help to make the metropolis such a fascinating place to live. He added that if one desires ...
Edinburgh Edinburgh is Scotland's capital, and one of the most beautiful cities in Britain. The heart of Edinburgh is the thousand-year-old castle, where the kings of Scotland lived for centuries. From Edinburgh castle you can see for miles, north over the beautiful old streets, an arm of...
由第一段可知,the Untied Kingdom, Great Britain, England的含义是不同的,可排 除B、C和D。也可根据第二段第二句Great Britain, or Britain, refers to the larger of the two main islands. 可知,Great Britain与 Britain所代表的含义是一样的。故选A。 【2】细节理解题。根据第二段第一句The British...