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Monolingual glossary, very complete, of navigation. You can search acronyms, abbreviations, definitions and descriptions.

Excellent glossaire très complet des termes de marine. Français unilingue. Illustrations.

bidirectional English-French dictionary on marine terms

comprehensive international dictionary in many language combinations; includes animations and illustrations; requires UNICODE/UTF-8 (see 'Instructions for Use' / 'Mode d'Emploi' page before starting to use the dictionary)

Town and Country Planning Glossary with definitions (in Italian) of technical terms and acronyms.

Muleta, the multilingual and multimedia lexicon, is a European encyclopaedia of town planning and housing. Intended to be developed by the professional and scientific community, it enables tracing of concepts, tools and procedures in use in the participating countries. Muleta was originally created by a consortium working within the framewo... View more

French-English-Thai lexicon of town planning terms You can download the whole file (pdf, 440 Ko)

Liste des noms officiels (et les abbréviations ISO) des pays membres de l'ONU, ainsi que de leurs villes capitales, en version française.

Provides official country names and ISO abbreviations, and the names of capital cities, in the vernacular and the English form. (an equivalent list exists in French and Spanish as well).

TERMES ET ABBREVIATIONS USUELS en français

The geographical glossary contains terms from the world of geography in at present four languages: German, English, Norwegian and Dutch. The terms are sorted in categories, which can have sub-categories.

By Frédéric Houbert, certified translator (SFT and APROTRAD). Definitions in French only. 12 pages. Contains financial and technical terminology.

Dictionnaire des termes de la géographie touristique et de l'aménagement touristique: unilingue français (France -116 pages

Glossary of landscape and nature terms used in Spanish and other Peninsula languages and dialects in Spain. All Spanish birds and mammals are included in Castilian-English and Latin.

Just to let them speak for themselves: "The aim of this site is to ultimately provide additional resources and information to people interested in the various countries of Europe. As most of these countries were once a small part of much larger Empires, borders and town names have undergone enormous changes over the past couple of centuries."... ... View more

two glossaries - deux glossaires

There is a companion site which has a glossaire and a glossary. See http://www.ensg.ign.fr/Formation/Formation_Initiale/Les_UDF/CPR_SHUM/Projets/Glossaire/Menu_glossaire.html

Useful list of Chinese transliterations for place names around the world. Comprehensive.

Glossary of Oceanography and the Related Geosciences with References A new version of this glossary is now available after nearly 4 1/2 years. Enjoy. I plan on updating it more frequently from now on. As usual, all suggestions, corrections, etc. are more than welcome.

The countries of the world in their local languages and scripts, with official names, capitals, flags, administrative divisions and translations of the country and capital names into many different languages. I created this site with the greatest possible care, but nevertheless errors may have occurred. Any corrections that might be necessary are... View more

Comment écrire les adresses au Canada (selon les provinces).

General and specific French dictionnaries and encyclopedia of different time periods: from 1400 to 1930. Fields include : law, history, science, philosophy,history, economics, aesthetic,languages, latin, vieux françois … Online browsing via pdf microfiches. From the welcome page, select "découverte" then "dictionnaires". Also contains classical ... View more

Geographical Dictionary German, English, Norwegian and Dutch

Comprehensive searchable dictionary E<>G on geological mapping, surveying, cartography, topography

Recht umfangreiches Lexikon mit Schlagwortregister, Wörterbuch (engl.-dt.-engl.) und thematischer Einteilung.

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It's always useful to have a complete list of official country names, I guess as translators we've all come across the most unusual country names... The list you can download from the above quoted URL was published by the German Foreign Ministry. It's based on the "Terminology Bulletin" (TB) issued by the UN Secretariat and contains the official co... View more

Latin placenames. Older edition of Grässe, Johann Georg Theodor: Orbis Latinus; Lexikon lateinischer geographischer Namen des Mittelalters und der Neuzeit

The GardenWeb Glossary of Botanical Terms currently contains 4400 terms relating to botany, gardening, horticulture and landscape architecture and is regularly updated ! Secondly, you can browse the HortiPlex plant database if you're looking up names of plants !

Glossaries for many specialized fields.

Database-driven site with search box and alphabetical index. 980 terms, 52 diagrams. • This on-line dictionary of GIS terms is brought to you by the Association for Geographic Information (AGI) and the University Of Edinburgh Department of Geography. The dictionary includes definitions compiled from a variety of... View more

Nice and short introduction into hydrology, in dictionary-style, (almost) everything from simple rain to "potamology"

Over 120,000 terms with definitions. Composed of 22 specialized dictionaries, including the online Commercial Dictionary. Fields: social sciences, industries, astronomy, agrarian history and geography, genetics, geomorphology, spatial planning, environment, hydrology and meteorology, photography... View more