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Saturday, November 22, 2008

Atlas of True Names

Two German cartographers have created a set of maps that produce the etymological meanings of many of the world's place names. Here are a few of them:

New York: New Wild Boar Village
Great Britain: Great Land of the Tatooed
Chicago: Stink Onion
Yucatan: "I don't understand you." (After Spanish explorers asked the Mayans what the name of the region was, the Mayans kept saying, "Yuk ak katan.")

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