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Margarita is a feminine given name in Latin and Eastern European languages. In Latin it came from the Greek word margaritari (μαργαριτάρι), meaning pearl, which was borrowed from the Persians. [1] (In Sogdian, it was marγārt. In modern Persian, the word has become مروارید, morvārīd, meaning 'pearl'.)
Another common origin tale begins the cocktail's history at the legendary Balinese Room in Galveston, Texas, where, in 1948, head bartender Santos Cruz created the margarita for singer Peggy Lee. He supposedly named it after the Spanish version of her name, Margarita. [17]
The native name means "place of snakes and ticks." Chiapas: Nahuatl: Chiapan "Place where the chia sage grows" Chihuahua: Nahuatl: xicuahua [1] The state takes its name from its capital city, Chihuahua City. This name is thought to derive from the Nahuatl Xicuahua, or "dry, sandy place". [1] Coahuila: Nahuatl: coatl + huila: Origin disputed.
In spring 2021, Margaritaville Resort Times Square, New York, opened. The resort is the northernmost resort in the chain, and it opened alongside five restaurants. It features a Tropical NYC atmosphere and a 50-foot replica of the Statue of Liberty holding a Margarita. The resort also features New York's only year-round outdoor pool on one of ...
Your gut may tell you Mexico, since that’s where the rocks margarita was invented back in 1942. But the frozen margarita actually dates back to 1971, when a Dallas restauranteur, Mariano ...
California (from the name of a fictional island country in Las sergas de Esplandián, a popular Spanish chivalric romance by Garci Rodríguez de Mon talvo) Colorado (meaning "red [colored]", "ruddy" or "colored" in masculine form. Named after Colorado City; now called Old Colorado City.)
Hussong's is reputedly the place where the Margarita was created in October 1941 by bartender Don Carlos Orozco. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] He concocted a mixture of equal parts tequila , damiana ( Cointreau is used now) and lime, served over ice in a salt-rimmed glass for Margarita Henkel, daughter of the German Ambassador to Mexico.
Some breads have names from Mexico's history—Carlota refers to the empress of Mexico in the 19th century. There are breads named duque (duke) and polka. Some relate to common women's names such as Carmela and Margarita, and other refer to other foods such as taco, elote (corn) and zapote (a fruit). [2] Buñuelos. Sometimes names change in new ...