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The name appeared as "Zzyzx Springs" in Dmitri Borgmann's 1967 book Beyond Language.In 1977, Borgman noted his source as being "an old, undated map of San Bernardino County published by the Automobile Club of Southern California" and repeated his description of the settlement as being "a hydrologic feature and privately owned spa in San Bernardino County, California, about 8.5 miles south of ...
Alhambra Valley, California, a census-designated place in Contra Costa County, California (the word alhambra is part of a phase that means to travel in time back to medieval Arab Spain) Almeria, Nebraska, an unincorporated community in Loup County, Nebraska (named after a city in Spain which was named an Arabic word meaning "the Watchtower")
Word(s) in original language Meaning and notes American Samoa: 1911 [111] [note 1] (July 17) English and Samoan: American + Sāmoa: The CIA World Factbook says "The name Samoa is composed of two parts, 'sa', meaning sacred, and 'moa', meaning center, so the name can mean Holy Center; alternately, it can mean 'place of the sacred moa bird' of ...
Leidesdorff was biracial U.S. citizens in California of Carib, Danish and Jewish ancestry and a successful enterprising businessman. 1845 he was President of the San Francisco school board and also elected as City Treasurer. The part of the street between Pine and California was formerly called Pauper's Alley. [24] Lendrum Street: John Lendrum
In the 1970s, Jacuzzi products were featured on Queen for a Day and other TV shows and grew in popularity in California. [9] The company started developing larger models that could fit more than one person. They also added filters and heaters, so the tub didn't need to be drained with each use. [18] From 1970, family-sized spas were producted. [19]
Many places throughout the U.S. state of California take their names from the languages of the indigenous Native American/American Indian tribes. The following list includes settlements, geographic features, and political subdivisions whose names are derived from these indigenous languages.
This 1562 map Americae Sive Quartae Orbis Partis Nova Et Exactissima Descriptio by Diego Gutiérrez was the first map to print the toponym California.. Multiple theories regarding the origin of the name California, as well as the root language of the term, have been proposed, [1] but most historians believe the name likely originated from a 16th-century novel, Las sergas de Esplandián.
This list of current: cities; towns, unincorporated communities; counties, and other recognized places in the U.S. state of California.; Information on the number and names of counties in which the place lies, and its lower and upper ZIP code bounds, if applicable are also included.