California Place Names, 40th Anniversary Edition

This anniversary edition concentrates on the origins of the names currently used for the cities, towns, settlements, mountains, and streams of California, with engrossing accounts of the history of their usage. The dictionary includes a glossary and a bibliography.

Erwin G. Gudde (1889-1969) was Professor Emeritus of German at the University of California, Berkeley. William Bright (1928-2006) was Emeritus Professor of linguistics and anthropology at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Editor's Preface
Introduction 
Key to Pronunciation 
Abbreviations 
CALIFORNIA PLACE NAMES 
Glossary and Bibliography