"Map of the real name" that understands the origin of the place name appeared

A map showing faithfully the name of the place originated "The Atlas of True Names"Was released. It seems that it is becoming a popular product by calling up a topic as to whether such a meaning actually existed in places such as Chicago and Paris which I usually use without thinking about meaning.

Details are as below.In Place Names, Old Meanings Made New - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com

The Atlas of True Names

BritishKalimediaIt has this map released by the company, the Europe map and the world map, and the price is 4.99 pounds (about 668 yen) each.

This is the world map.


This is the European map.


Chicago is "Stink Onion" (Parish onion) Paris is "City of Boatmen" (boat ko street) "There are unexpected meanings in famous place names and it is interesting. There is an index on the map, and the origin of the place name is explained.

In the English-speaking world there are places such as "Salt Lake City (town of the salt lake)" and "New Found Land" (the newly found land) are listed as it is, but Montreal is "Royal Mount Horse) ", so it may be interesting to infer the English translation from the word sense of the European language place name. Mumbai is "Good Bay", Yucatan is "I Do not Understand You!" (Saying what! Do not understand!), Somalia like "Go and Milk!" (Go, get milk!) , There is a surprise that the place name of unfamiliar language is "That was meaning like that!"

Although the place name in Japan is easy to guess because it is a kanji, it is easy to guess from its origins, but on this map it is written as "Fortune Mountain (Toyama)", "Fragrant River (Kagawa)", "Knowing Love (Aichi)" etc? It might be perfect for gifts for people interested in linguistics or for people who like history.