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Web Sites in Category Europe
Belgium-Roots - Placename index for Belgium.
Geo Serv - Placename information service for Germany
IreAtlas Townland Search - Search places in Ireland. Does not cover Irish-language (Gaelic) placenames.
Irish Placename Studies - Moderated Discussion - Moderated discussion group for the study of Place Names in Ireland & related topics, such as online databases, mapping etc. Part of the Irish Archaeology & History Mailinglist Suite.
JewishGen ShtetlSeeker - Town search for most of central and eastern Europe. Finds not only Jewish settlements, but virtually any location.
MapSite - National Land Survey of Finland - WWW map service and placename locator for Finland. Registration needed.
Nordic Place Names Database (NONDB) - Registration needed. Data from Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland.
Place Name Board of Estonia - The official body of this little nation could serve as a model for the study and standardization of place names. Also very interesting global information and links
Place Names of Europe - Main cities and features. Their origins, and forms in distinct languages. Maintained by Jacek Wesolowski and Jan Salm.
Scotplace - Forum for queries and discussion about all aspects of Scottish place-names.
Scottish Place-Name Society - Gaelic name: Comann Ainmean-Aite Na h-Alba
Slovakia Gazetteer - On Line Encyclopedia of Slovakia
Swedish Gazetteer - Search a list of almost 60,000 locations in Sweden. Results are shown with municipality and county, as well as the location on a topographic map of Sweden. (From the National Atlas of Sweden.)
The English Place-Name Society - Publishes the meaning and origin of English place-names county by county. Catalogue of volumes and other publications. Contents list of the Society's Journal. Information on membership.
The JewishGen ShtetlSeeker - Locates not only Jewish settlements in Central and Eastern Europe, but other placenames also. Covers linguistic and historic variants for names.
The Whole Basque Place-Name List - Original Basque names for places that appear in French or Spanish in maps.
UK Placename and Street Gazetteers, Postcodes, Latitude & Longitude, Grid Coordinates and Addresses - UK information. Site includes explanation of UK Postcode system with maps, listings and PostTowns, plus National Grid coordinate system.
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