title: Adrian Room
text: # Adrian Room
  
  Adrian Richard West Room (27 de septiembre de 1933, Melksham – 6 de noviembre de 2010, Stamford, Lincolnshire) fue un escritor británico experto en toponimia y onomástica, socio de la Royal Geographical Society.
  
  Entre 1952 y 1979, Room sirvió en la Reserva Naval Real, Rama Especial, retirándose con el rango de lieutenant commander. Antes de convertirse en autor de manera exclusiva, fue senior house master y profesor de lenguas modernas en el King's College School de Cambridge. Más adelante, y hasta 1984, trabajo como lector sénior de ruso para el Ministerio de Defensa británico.
  
  ## Publicaciones seleccionadas
  
  * Place-Names of the World. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1974.
  * Place-name changes since 1900: A world gazetteer. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1980. ISBN 0710007027
  * Naming Names: Stories of Pseudonyms and Name Changes with a Who's Who. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1981. ISBN 0710009208
  * Dictionary of Trade Name Origins. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1982. ISBN 0710008392
  * Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase & Fable. 2000. (Editor) ISBN 9780304350964
  * Cassell's Foreign Words and Phrases. London: Cassell & Co., 2000. ISBN 0304350087
  * A. to Z. of British Life
  * Dictionary of Confusable Words
  * Bloomsbury Dictionary of Place Names in the British Isles
  * A Dictionary of True Etymologies
  * Who's Who in Classical Mythology
  * Dictionary of Pseudonyms: 13,000 Assumed Names and Their Origins (Esta edición fue publicada póstumamente)
  * 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 Meanings
  * Dunces, Gourmands & Petticoats
  * Cassell Dictionary of Proper Names
  * A Concise Dictionary of Modern Place Names in Great Britain and Ireland
  * Dictionary of Changes in Meaning
  * Nicknames of Places: Origins And Meanings of the Alternate And Secondary
  * Dictionary of Coin Names. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1987. ISBN 0710206461
  * African Placenames
  * Dictionary of Translated Names and Titles
  * Dictionary of Cryptic Crossword Clues
  * Dictionary of Dedications
  * Room's Classical Dictionary
  * The Street Names of England
  * The Hutchinson Pocket Dictionary of Confusible Words
  * Dictionary of Astronomical Names
  * A dictionary of contrasting pairs
  * The Naming of Animals
  * A Dictionary of Art Titles
  * Guide to British Place Names
  * Dictionary of World Place-names Derived from English Names
  * The Pronunciation of Placenames: A Worldwide Dictionary
  * Dictionary of place-names in the British Isles
  * A Dictionary of Music Titles
  * Alternate Names of Places: A Worldwide Dictionary
  * Ntc's Dictionary of Trade Name Origins
  * Placenames of France
  * Bloomsbury Dictionary of Dedications
  * Literally Entitled
  * Encyclopedia of corporate names worldwide
  * Ntc's Classical Dictionary
  * Cassell's Dictionary of Modern American History
  * Hutchinson Pocket Dictionary of First Names
  * The Hutchinson Pocket Dictionary of Place Names
  * Placenames of Russia and the Former Soviet Union
  * Room's Dictionary of Distinguishables and Confusibles
  * An Alphabetical Guide to the Language of Name Studies
  * Dictionary Of British Place Names
  