Ernest Angély Séraphin Nègre (, 11 October 1907 – 15 April 2000) was a French
toponymist
Toponymy, toponymics, or toponomastics is the study of '' toponyms'' (proper names of places, also known as place names and geographic names), including their origins, meanings, usage, and types. ''Toponym'' is the general term for a proper nam ...
. He was born in
Saint-Julien-Gaulène (Tarn) and died in
Toulouse
Toulouse (, ; ; ) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Haute-Garonne department and of the Occitania (administrative region), Occitania region. The city is on the banks of the Garonne, River Garonne, from ...
.
Works
* Ernest Nègre,
Toponymie générale de la France (Etymology of 35,000 place names). 2. Formations non-romanes ..., Volume 2, Librairie Droz, Genève 1991. p. 1012 / 18239
French topographers
Toponymists
1907 births
2000 deaths
20th-century cartographers
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