Author Explains San Diego Place Names

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Published October 16, 2006 at 10:26 AM PDT

This story was published more than 18 years ago.

The unique names assigned to San Diego neighborhoods and landmarks can be picturesque, descriptive, hard to pronounce and sometimes mystifying. Host Gloria Penner talks to a local historian about the

The unique names assigned to San Diego neighborhoods and landmarks can be picturesque, descriptive, hard to pronounce and sometimes mystifying. Host Gloria Penner talks to Lelan Fetzer, author of San Diego Place Names A to Z about where these names came from. Fetzer is a historian and former Russian language professor at SDSU.

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Leland Fetzer, author, San Diego Place Names A to Z .

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