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Arizona Either from árida zona, meaning "Arid Zone", or from a Spanish word of Basque origin meaning "The Good Oak" 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.
Caballero history among the indigenous and Hispano communities in New Mexico have resulted in large-scale ranch lands throughout the state, most of which are within historically Apache, Navajo, Pueblo, and Spanish land grants. [286] Wild game and fish found in the state include Rio Grande cutthroat trout, rainbow trout, crawdads, and venison.
The CIA World Factbook says this about Navassa Island: "The flat island was named 'Navaza' by some of Christopher Columbus' sailors in 1504; the name derives from the Spanish term "nava" meaning 'flat land, plain, or field'". [131] Palmyra Atoll was named in 1802 when the USS Palmyra shipwrecked there. [132]
>Non-Spanish in origin: A good example of this is Eldorado, Illinois, where it comes from two Anglo last names being run together. I would like to see a source on this, because El dorado literally means 'the golden' in Spanish, and its related to 'the golden [city]', which is a mythical city that the Spanish conquistadoress supposedly found in ...
State name Language of origin Source word Meaning and notes Aguascalientes: Spanish: aguas calientes "Hot waters". When the city was first founded in 1575, it was given this name for the abundance of hot springs in the region, which still are exploited for numerous spas and for domestic use.
Fairyland (Early Modern English: Faerie; Scots: Elfame (Scottish mythology; cf. Old Norse: Álfheimr (Norse mythology)) in English and Scottish folklore is the fabulous land or abode of fairies or fays. [1] Old French faierie (Early Modern English faerie) referred to an illusion or enchantment, the land of the faes.
Oct. 17—Families can explore a smorgasbord of traditions at "Fiesta of Cultures: All Cultures of New Mexico" at the Coronado Historic Site in Bernalillo on Saturday, Oct. 19. The event will ...
from Spanish chocolate, from Nahuatl xocolatl meaning "hot water" or from a combination of the Mayan word chocol meaning "hot" and the Nahuatl word atl meaning "water." Choctaw from the native name Chahta of unknown meaning but also said to come from Spanish chato (="flattened") because of the tribe's custom of flattening the heads of male infants.