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'''Langenscheidt''' is a privately-held [[Germany|German]] publishing company, specialising in language resource literature. As well as producing monolingual dictionaries, Langenscheidt also produces bilingual dictionaries and travel phrase-book, as well as maps and atlases.
The use of blue [[headword]]s greatly enhances the ease of word-finding. Langenscheidt has language-to-language dictionaries in many languages, including, but not limited to: [[English language|English]], [[German language|German]], [[Dutch language|Dutch]], [[Greek language|Greek]], [[Chinese Language|Chinese]] and [[Croatian language|Croatian]], and in varying sizes, ranging from small travel pocket dictionaries to large desk sized ones.
==Dictionary structure==
The structure for most Langenscheidt dictionaries is the same. Most pocket dictionaries include around 55,000 references designed for tourists or people studying beginning or intermediate [[foreign language|foreign languages]], while larger desk sized dictionaries include around 220,000 references. After the two languages' references conclude, grammatical assistances appear in the Appendix section, including helpful abbreviations, geographical regions, currency values, temperature conversions, and numerical values.
==Langenscheidt Publishing Group==
The Langenscheidt Publishing Group is also a major map publisher in the United States, encompassing former privately-held regional map publishers [[Arrow Map Company|Arrow]] (Boston area), [[Hagstrom Company|Hagstrom]] (New York area), Patton (Philadelphia area), [[ADC_Map|ADC]] (Washington DC/Baltimore/Mid-Atlantc area), [[Creative Sales Corporation|Creative Sales (CSC)]] (Chicago area), and [[Trakker]] (Florida). They also have national and international coverage with [[American Map Company]] (AMC) and [[Hammond Map]] respectively, which absorbed the assets of [[General Drafting]] in 1992.
Recently, Langenscheidt became the exclusive distributor of the Green Michelin travel guides and the Red Michelin hotel and restaurant guides. Overall, the Langenscheidt Publishing Group offers over 3,000 US and international street maps, road maps, atlases, travel guides, language-learning guides, and bilingual dictionaries.
==External links==
*[http://www.americanmap.com/ Official Site (in English)]
*[http://www.langenscheidt.de/ German Site (in German, focus is on dictionaries)]
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