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Adrian Richard West Room was a British toponymist and onomastician, a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and a prolific author of reference works relating primarily to the origins of words and place-names.

Selected publications
Place-Names of the World. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1974. • Place-name changes since 1900: A world gazetteer. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1980. • ''Naming Names: Stories of Pseudonyms and Name Changes with a Who's Who''. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1981. • Dictionary of Trade Name Origins. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1982. • ''Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase & Fable''. 2000. (editor) • ''Cassell's Foreign Words and Phrases''. London: Cassell & Co., 2000. • A. to Z. of British LifeDictionary of Confusable WordsBloomsbury Dictionary of Place Names in the British IslesA Dictionary of True Etymologies • ''Who's Who in Classical Mythology'' • Dictionary of Pseudonyms: 13,000 Assumed Names and Their Origins (this edition was published after his death) • ''Cassell's Dictionary of Word Histories'' • Dictionary of Irish Place Names • ''Cassell's Dictionary of First Names'' • The Guinness Book of Numbers • ''Room's Dictionary of distinguishables'' • ''Ntc's Dictionary of Changes in Meaning'' • The Fascinating Origins of Everyday Words • ''Brewer's dictionary of names'' • Tuttle dictionary of dedications • ''Room's Dictionary of Differences'' • Concise dictionary of word origins • ''Ntc's Dictionary of Word Origins'' • Dictionary of Confusing Words and MeaningsDunces, Gourmands & PetticoatsCassell Dictionary of Proper NamesA Concise Dictionary of Modern Place Names in Great Britain and IrelandDictionary of Changes in MeaningNicknames of Places: Origins And Meanings of the Alternate And SecondaryDictionary of Coin Names. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1987. • African PlacenamesDictionary of Translated Names and TitlesDictionary of Cryptic Crossword CluesDictionary of Dedications • ''Room's Classical Dictionary'' • The Street Names of EnglandThe Hutchinson Pocket Dictionary of Confusible WordsDictionary of Astronomical NamesA dictionary of contrasting pairsThe Naming of AnimalsA Dictionary of Art TitlesGuide to British Place NamesDictionary of World Place-names Derived from English NamesThe Pronunciation of Placenames: A Worldwide DictionaryDictionary of place-names in the British IslesA Dictionary of Music TitlesAlternate Names of Places: A Worldwide Dictionary • ''Ntc's Dictionary of Trade Name Origins'' • Placenames of FranceBloomsbury Dictionary of DedicationsLiterally EntitledEncyclopedia of corporate names worldwide • ''Ntc's Classical Dictionary'' • ''Cassell's Dictionary of Modern American History'' • Hutchinson Pocket Dictionary of First NamesThe Hutchinson Pocket Dictionary of Place NamesPlacenames of Russia and the Former Soviet Union • ''Room's Dictionary of Distinguishables and Confusibles'' • An Alphabetical Guide to the Language of Name StudiesDictionary Of British Place Names ==References==
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