print email comment close Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names URL: http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/tgn/ Description: Search over a million place names, representing approximately 900,000 physical or political entities, including continents, rivers, mountains, empires, nations, states, districts, townships, cities, and neighborhoods. Includes vernacular, English, and historical names; variant names in other languages; coordinates; and additional information. Many place names feature short notes describing when the name was used (for example, in medieval or Roman times). Offers superb advanced search capabilities. Publisher: The J. Paul Getty Trust Library of Congress Subject Headings: Geography Names, Geographical LII Database Information: Record 14732 created by Ruth Seid on 09/26/1999 Last modification on 12/15/2003 Published: 09/26/1999   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/14732