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At the end of this extended gazetteer, we provide “Briefings” on 24 additional cities and sights that are less frequently visited on typical tours.
Taken in this context, the recent publication of the Omni Gazetteer of the United States of America , despite its 1,500,000 entries, may properly be seen as only a first step, albeit an ambitious one.
The Times Atlas of the World (1967) does better; in the gazetteer it gives Lyons, France, see Lyon, and Marseilles, see Marseille.
Having had the opportunity to sift through so many American place names in a relatively short span, those of us who edited the Omni Gazetteer were particularly struck by the great diversity in American naming practices, and what it suggests about the various eras and cultures that were a part of the settlement of the country.
The Omni Gazetteer is a national gazetteer of the United States that is as comprehensive as possible.