Learn more about fictional names on the following websites:
CharacterNames.com – Tips on naming fictional characters and essays on fictional names from television, movies and books.… Read More
Learn more about fictional names on the following websites:
CharacterNames.com – Tips on naming fictional characters and essays on fictional names from television, movies and books.… Read More
Learn more about place names on the following websites:
Placenames.com – Find countries, cities, towns, villages, mountains, hills, rivers, lakes, islands, and other geographic and administrative place names.
GeoNames – geographical database of place names
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names – find information about named places
Scots Words and Place-names – glossary of Scots words which are used in place-names
Gaelic Place-names of Scotland – national advisory partnership for Gaelic place-names in Scotland.… Read More
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Fictional Name: Elsa (character in “Frozen”)
Personal Name: Malala (Yousufzai, Nobel Peace prize winner)
Place Name: Ferguson (Missouri town famed for protests over police violence)
Trade Name: Uber (smartphone app-based transportation network)
Name of the Year: Ferguson… Read More
Fictional Name: Downton Abbey (television program title)
Personal Name: Malala (Yousafzai, Pakistani advocate for girls’ education)
Place Name: Gangnam (Seoul, Korea district made famous in video)
Trade Name: Fiscal Cliff (political event)
Name of the Year: Sandy (hurricane)
Special Recognition: Arab Spring (international political event)
Fictional Name: Lisbeth Salander (character in “Girl With the Dragon Tattoo”)
Personal Name: Qaddafi, Kathafi, Khadafy, etc. (multispelled name of Libyan dictator)
Place Name: Fukushima (Japanese nuclear powerplant)
Trade Name: Siri (voice activated digital assistant for IPhone)
Name of the Year: Arab Spring… Read More
Special Recognition: H1N1 (influenza virus)
Fictional Name: Max (character in “Where the Wild Things Are”)
Personal Name: Chesley Burnett “Sully” Sullenberger (airline pilot)
Place Name: Salish Sea
Trade Name: Twitter
Name of the Year: Salish Sea