Selected publications
*''Place-Names of the World''. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1974. *''Place-name changes since 1900: A world gazetteer''. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1980. *''Naming Names: Stories of Pseudonyms and Name Changes with a Who's Who''. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1981. *''Dictionary of Trade Name Origins''. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1982. *'' Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase & Fable''. 2000. (Editor) *''Cassell's Foreign Words and Phrases''. London: Cassell & Co., 2000. *''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'' (This edition published after his death) *''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. *''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''References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Room, Adrian 1933 births 2010 deaths Alumni of the University of Oxford Fellows of the Royal Geographical Society People from Melksham Toponymists Royal Naval Reserve personnel