1. A facility retrieval apparatus comprising: an area name dictionary stored with area names; a classified name dictionary stored with classified names of facilities; a facility name dictionary stored with facility names; input means for receiving and taking in said area names, said classified names and said facility names; identifying means for identifying names received and simultaneously distinguishing between area names and classified names as the occasion demands; and extracting means for extracting a facility name belonging to the name identified by said identifying means from said facility name dictionary.