Help to find places and to understand words

Help to find places or to understand words

Several pages are in Dutch. Nevertheless I hope it helps a bit ....

Places, General:

Orbis Latinus, Latin names of places and cities -- site of the Colombia University in New York
Latin names of European cities where books were published -- site of Universiy in Kent
Public coat of arms (not totally complete on Belgium/Netherlands) -- site of BNG
Recognition if (foreign) places (mentioned in Amsterdam archives) [PDF] -- site of the City-archives of Amsterdam
Search a place and/or address on the world (is showing a map) -- site of Mapquest
Search a place on the world (is showing a map) -- site of Microsoft Expedia Maps

Places, Netherlands:

Place names in the Netherlands (pointing out the province were it belongs to): towns, villages and hamlets (196 Kb) -- site of Pascal Janssens
Complete list of all municiaplities ever existed in the Netherlands -- site of Province Zuid-Holland
Geographical dictionary of the Netherlands (go to: "Waar ligt ...?") -- site of Gebruikersgroep Geneans
Repertory Dutch municipalities ('Repertorium Nederlandse gemeenten') 1812-2006 [PDF] and erratum [PDF] -- 1st. file is 1440 KB; site of the KNAW
Place name book (Plaatsnamenboek) 1897 -- site of Richard Keijzer
Global map of the Netherlands (262 Kb) -- site of University Texas
Geografical names province Friesland (Van der Aa) - site Treosar

Places, Belgium and Luxembourg:

Place names in Belgium (pointing out: municipality, province, administrative and juridicial entity, zipcode and language): towns, villages and hamlets -- site of The Belgium-Roots Project
Place names in Belgium (pointing out the province were is beliongs to, variations in names and language): towns, villages and hamlets (191 Kb) -- site of Pascal Janssens
Old names of municipalities, hamlets, districts and parishes in Belgium -- site of Medard Moerenhout (Gens Flandria)
Fused municipalities and official translations of municipality names -- site of Sylvain Devriendt
Municipalities French-Flandern -- site of Sylvain Devriendt
Town, villages and hamlets in Luxembourg -- site of Pascal Janssens
Places in Luxembourg and there names in Luxembourg, German and French) -- site of Institut Grand-Ducal
Global map of Belgium (276 Kb) -- site of University Texas
Global map of Luxembourg (237 Kb) -- site of University Texas

Words:

Collection of words and conceptions in church records (baptisms, mariages and burials) and onther genealogical sources -- site of André Dumont (also downloadable from here)
Genealogical lexicon -- site of GeneaNet/Michel Halin
Brief Middle-/Old Dutch dictionary -- site of Hanz Meulenbroeks

Especially for English-speaking visitors:

Dictionary made by Paul van Voorthuijsen

Travlang Dutch-English

Travlang Frisian-Dutch

Dutch occupations

Latin dictionary -- site of Erik Appeldoorn; version 1.7, this by Erik Appeldoorn compiled Windows-helpfile is freeware