Permanent Committee on Geographical Names

Summary

Permanent Committee on Geographical Names is a geographic names board^[1]. It draws 16 Wikipedia views per month (geographic_names_board category, ranking #1 of 7).^[2]

Key Facts

• Permanent Committee on Geographical Names's field of work was toponymy^[3].
• Permanent Committee on Geographical Names's field of work was English^[4].
• Permanent Committee on Geographical Names's field of work was British English^[5].
• Permanent Committee on Geographical Names is in the country of United Kingdom^[6].
• Permanent Committee on Geographical Names's instance of is recorded as geographic names board^[7].
• Permanent Committee on Geographical Names's ISNI is recorded as 0000000085780069^[8].
• Permanent Committee on Geographical Names's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 124016298^[9].
• Permanent Committee on Geographical Names's GND ID is recorded as 1901162-3^[10].
• Permanent Committee on Geographical Names's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n87825019^[11].
• Permanent Committee on Geographical Names's part of is recorded as Government of the United Kingdom^[12].
• Permanent Committee on Geographical Names's Libraries Australia ID is recorded as 36591925^[13].
• +1919-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Permanent Committee on Geographical Names^[14].
• Permanent Committee on Geographical Names's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05q8tdx^[15].
• Permanent Committee on Geographical Names's official website is recorded as http://www.pcgn.org.uk/^[16].
• Permanent Committee on Geographical Names's official website is recorded as https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/the-permanent-committee-on-geographical-names^[17].
• Permanent Committee on Geographical Names's described at URL is recorded as https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/the-permanent-committee-on-geographical-names^[18].
• Permanent Committee on Geographical Names's described at URL is recorded as https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/822674/History_of_PCGN_-updated-__final_for_website.pdf^[19].
• Permanent Committee on Geographical Names's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Permanent-Committee-on-Geographical-Names^[20].
• Permanent Committee on Geographical Names's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'PCGN'}^[21].
• Permanent Committee on Geographical Names's street address is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'c/o The Royal Geographical Society, 1 Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AR, United Kingdom'}^[22].
• Permanent Committee on Geographical Names's WhatDoTheyKnow organisation ID is recorded as pcgn^[23].
• Permanent Committee on Geographical Names's National Library of Ireland ID is recorded as vtls001324736^[24].
• Permanent Committee on Geographical Names's Yale LUX ID is recorded as group/6bc9c04a-599c-4a46-9723-b132d6da1444^[25].

Body

Founding

+1919-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Permanent Committee on Geographical Names^[14].

Identity

Permanent Committee on Geographical Names's part of is recorded as Government of the United Kingdom^[12]. Its short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'PCGN'}^[21].

Industry

Fields of work include toponymy^[3], a field of study^[26]; English^[4], a natural language^[27], in American Samoa^[28]; and British English^[5], an ethnolect^[29].

Why It Matters

Permanent Committee on Geographical Names draws 16 Wikipedia views per month (geographic_names_board category, ranking #1 of 7).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]