See also:
International Alternative Country Names
www1.tip.nl
A list of names for existing countries and some regions and islands that differ from the standard international and/or English nomenclatures.
Toponomastica Toponymy
digilander.libero.it
A database of place-names from the classical Greek and Roman sources, with comments on their etymology, in English, plus toponymy of the Abruzzese Appennine in Italian.
GNS: GEOnet Names Server
www1.nga.mil
Global searchable database set up by the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA), US. Foreign place names as approved by the US Board of Geographic Names, other name variants. Approx. 3.3 million entries
BC Geographical Names
ilmbwww.gov.bc.ca
Government site lists geographical naming principles and policy, how to propose a geographical name, access to the BC Geographical Names Information System (BCGNIS), links to BC-history/related sites, and to toponymy sites.
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
getty.edu
Compiled by the Getty Research Institute, TGN is a structured vocabulary developed primarily for the field of art history, but can be used in any in many other applications. The thesaurus contains nearly 1 million place names representing approximately 900,000 places.
UNGEGN
unstats.un.org
United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names. Contains information and resolutions on the issue of place names.
GeoNative
geocities.com
Luistxo Fernandez lists place names from all over the world in minority languages, which usually never appear in maps. [Basque and English].
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