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on Nov 21, 2008
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gbarroga
Gene
nice
Posted on May 10, 2012
deadpoets
He
credible? I thought Bangkok was city of angels?
Posted on Apr 26, 2012
Sam-Wonyuno
Sam-Wonyuno
I thought China meant middle kingdom.
Posted on Jul 24, 2011
SoaringQuails
Luke
Great idea, pretty good. But still there are some inaccuracies or words with uncertain etymology so take this with a small grain of salt.
Posted on Apr 6, 2012
ManiacMegan
Megan
Atlas of True Names.
Posted on Jun 18, 2010
rad1sh
rad1sh
Great idea, but be forewarned: inaccuracies abound! For example, according to wikipedia.org on the Yucatan Peninsula, which is labeled "I don't understand you" in the Atlas: "the actual source of the name "Yucatan" is the Nahuatl (Aztec) word Yokatlan, 'place of richness.'"
Posted on May 28, 2010
Saoka
Na'ama
So Nicaragua just means...Nicaragua?
Posted on Feb 3, 2010
jamienae
Jamie
Wow.
Posted on Feb 3, 2010
DaysEye
DaysEye
"The Atlas of True Names reveals the etymological roots, or original meanings, of the familiar terms on today's maps of the World, Europe, the British Isles and the United States. For instance, where you would normally expect to see the Sahara indicated, the Atlas gives you "The Tawny One", derived from Arab. es-sahra "the fawn coloured, desert".
Posted on Jan 27, 2010
jcd
Hoang Vu
An atlas of etymologies.
Posted on Dec 12, 2008
d1ggle
Dan
It's funny how many cities (Salt Lake City, Portland) don't change. Can't help but wonder now how place names sound to the speakers of other languages. And yeah, I think "China" really does mean middle kingdom.
http://empiricalmag.blogspot.com/