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South killer
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I thought this could be a good idea for a thread:
Most names of countries have a hidden or not-so-hidden meaning. I'll start with mine:
Argentina: Argentina comes from the latin word 'Argentum' that means silver. This is because of our river main river called ''Rio de la Plata'' (silver river) that was named like that because the spanish conquerors thought that this land had a lot of silver.
Argentino, also, means pure, noble.
So there you got it; Argentina=land of silver; purity
So, what does the name of your country means??
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Lazer
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Wesleyan University or Northern New Jersey
May 2003
time: 00:27
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United States of America:
A bunch of states united in a land named after a guy who didn't actually discover it but thought it'd be cute to name it after himself.
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cinch
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Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Jul 2002
time: 22:27
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If those Heritage commercials are to be believed:
Canada was the name of a small Native tribe, or the region in which they lived. Ignorant European explorers, when told that the land they were in was called "Canada", took it to mean the whole area, and not the little town or plot of land that it actually was.
As for what it means in the native tongue: haven't the foggiest.
And if I'm wrong: Don't blame me, blame the Heritage Ministry!
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cinch
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Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Jul 2002
time: 22:27
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Well, I was close...
Somewhat...
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cinch
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Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Jul 2002
time: 22:27
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quote:
Obviously you weren't paying close enough attention to that particular Heritage commercial, that's where I got that info from as well. |
I'll admit, I was always more partial to the one where Nellie ripped the leaf off of the man's unmentionables in that medical lecture room.
Now THAT'S feminism!
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Space05us
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quote:
United States of America:
A bunch of states united in a land named after a guy who didn't actually discover it but thought it'd be cute to name it after himself. |
this is the guy hes talking about
Vespucci, Amerigo (Latin Americus Vespucius) (1454-1512), Italian navigator, for whom the continents of North and South America are named. He was born in Florence. In 1495 he took over the business of a merchant in Seville, Spain, who had furnished supplies to ships voyaging to the West Indies. Vespucci later set out for the New World himself and left accounts and maps of four voyages.
Most scholars agree that Vespucci explored a large section of the northern coast of South America during an expedition led by Spanish soldier Alonso de Ojeda in 1499 and 1500. Most also believe that he might have explored part of that continent's eastern coast on a subsequent voyage. German geographer and cartographer Martin Waldseemüller, who translated Vespucci's narrative in 1507, suggested that it might be proper to name the new continent America, an adaptation of the explorer's given name of Amerigo. Applied first to the southern continent, the name gradually came into use as that of the two western continents after it appeared on a planisphere published by Waldseemüller in 1516.
Microsoft® Encarta® Encyclopedia 2002. © 1993-2001 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
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Space05us
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and he didnt name it either.
The Spanish investigated further. Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci sailed to the northern coast of South America in 1499 and pronounced the land a new continent. European mapmakers named it America in his honor.
Microsoft® Encarta® Encyclopedia 2002. © 1993-2001 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
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Are you talking about the myth?
If so explain.
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Bereta_Eder
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The Hellene myth of course!
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Bereta_Eder
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Helen my ass of course. It was just a question of not letting a profitable colony gain independance.
But it made a nice tale.
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