This is for my friend Pete, https://beetleypete.com/, who has this fascination with maps…..I thought he would appreciate this one of the US.

The multicultural history of the United States is evident from maps of the country. French, English, Spanish, Hawaiian, and Algonquian are just a handful of the languages you would need to speak in order to understand the literal meanings of every American place name. Fortunately you don’t need to be a polyglot to read a U.S. map like a book; just take a take a look at the graphic below for the English translations of capital city and state names.

To put together this etyomogical map of America, Wordtips pulled from multiple resources, including the American Library Association, the Online Etymology Dictionary, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The website used a minimum of two sources to determine each etymology in the report.

https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/american-state-names-translation-map

What is the translation for your state….that is if you leave here.

That is it for me on this Friday…..

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend, the first weekend of Spring….as always….Be well and Be Safe….

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