Abstract
AbstractThrough its Foreign Names Committee and other bodies, the U.S. Board on Geographic Names has standardized names of places and features in other countries, in undersea areas, and in Antarctica. These names are available for Federal agencies and other users in some 175 gazetteers, which present alphabetic listings of names and associated locational information for each country or area. An important part of the work of the Foreign Names Committee has been to develop methods for spelling romanized forms of geographic names in countries using a variety of non-roman writing systems.
Highlights
The one hundredth anniversary of the U
Board on Geographic Names (BGN) is an appropriate time to recognize the contributions of its members, its staff, and its functioning arms
This paper focusses attention on one highly significant area, the work of the Board on names in foreign areas - including the Board's growing focus on foreign names, its work during World War II, and a greatly expanded concern when the Board was reestablished after the War
Summary
The one hundredth anniversary of the U. S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN) is an appropriate time to recognize the contributions of its members, its staff, and its functioning arms. A number of Board committees have carried out important tasks, and a complete inventory of these bodies and their accomplishments would require a sizable tome. This paper focusses attention on one highly significant area, the work of the Board on names in foreign areas - including the Board's growing focus on foreign names, its work during World War II, and a greatly expanded concern when the Board was reestablished after the War. In addition, the paper outlines the function of the Foreign Names Committee and its staff in providing standardized names, defines the activities of other committees involved in foreign names (names of places outside the United States), and briefly discusses the Board's work at the international level
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