What’s in a name? How America’s place-renaming moment impacts people
The United States is in the midst of a place-renaming moment. From the renaming of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, ...
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It’s not just the Gulf of Mexico. Why is so much of America named after foreign countries?
You might think: Hold on, there. Most of these places were undoubtedly named after the Americas’ most famous stuffing receptacle. But that bird’s name hails from that most Old World of countries.
What’s in a name? Controversy and conflict in naming US cities, towns and states
President Donald Trump’s decision to rename the Gulf of Mexico to ‘Gulf of America’ is just the latest in a long line of naming disputes.
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Colorado Places: Their Native American Names
This is a project to document in one place all the Indigenous place names known for Colorado. Eventually, we plan to have a scroll-over map, and ideally sound recordings of each name. Prior to that, ...