how nevada got its name?
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THE STATE NAME: This state was named after the mountain range in the west. From out at sea Spanish sailors gazed upon the beautiful mountain ranges of California. They called these mountains Sierra Nevada (snowy range).
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The name Jordan can refer to several things. The origin of the name is Hebrew ירדן (Yarden), meaning "one who descends" or "to flow down" and refers to a river in Israel.
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In a similar way, snow leopards were once known as ounce. The name might come from Latin: luncea which means lynx. In French the word became lonce which was altered over time to l'once because French speakers thought the “L” meant “the”.
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So, the word 'Nepal' was derived from the name of the sage 'Ne' and 'Pala' - his work, to protect the land. ... They were called 'Nepa', so, after the name of the dynasty who ruled over it, the country was named as 'Nepal'. 3. 'Nepal' might also be derived from 'Newar', one of the ancient tribes living in Kathmandu valley.
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Where did the Vsauce name come from, by the way? The name comes from randomness, literally. There's a website called fakenamegenerator.com, which will give you another English website name every time you refresh it.
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There is no Las Vegas in California. The one in Nevada is the one known throughout the world as a destination for entertainment, cuisine, and, of course, gambling. ... No city named Las Vegas in California.
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Etymology and terminology The word nation came from the Old French word nacion – meaning "birth" (naissance), "place of origin" -, which in turn originates from the Latin word natio (nātĭō) literally meaning "birth".
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Coeur d'Alene is the name of an American Indian tribe who lived in the area and called themselves the Schitsu'umsh. They got the name Coeur d'Alene, which means "heart of an awl," from French-Canadian fur traders.
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How Pluto Got its Name. Pluto is the only world (so far) named by an 11-year-old girl. In 1930, Venetia Burney of Oxford, England, suggested to her grandfather that the new discovery be named for the Roman god of the underworld. He forwarded the name to the Lowell Observatory and it was selected.
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By 1889, when Montana became the 41st state of the union, the cattle drive was an institution, and the state had begun to emerge as one of the country's leading copper-mining centres. Montana is called the Treasure State because of its immense mineral wealth.
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Boulder City is a city in Clark County, Nevada, United States. It is approximately 26 miles (42 km) southeast of Las Vegas. ... The city took its name from Boulder Canyon. Boulder City is one of only two places in Nevada that prohibits gambling, the other being the town of Panaca.
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Eventually the islands became known to Europeans as Fiji. The story goes that Captain Cook asked the Tongans what the name of the islands to their west was. He heard 'Feegee', the Tongan pronunciation of Viti: so 'Fiji' came from an Englishman's mishearing of a Tongan's mispronunciation!
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The origin of the name Alabama is thought to come from a combination of two Choctaw words; Alba and Amo. In Choctaw, "Alba" means vegetation, herbs, plants and "Amo" means gatherer or picker. "Vegetation gatherers" would be an apt description for the Alabama Indians who cleared much land for agricultural purposes.
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More than one hundred million years ago during the Nevadan orogeny, granite formed deep underground. The range started to uplift four million years ago, and erosion by glaciers exposed the granite and formed the light-colored mountains and cliffs that make up the range.
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["California - California's hot like a lime kiln, it's been assumed that the name may come from the Latin roots calcis (lime) and fornax (oven).", 'Nevada - comes from nevada, meaning "snow-covered"']
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Map of Nevada Tribes. Thirty-two Indian Reservations and Colonies stretch across Nevada. These tribes are all unique, with traditions that span many generations.
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The city in New Mexico was established by a Mexican land grant in 1835. New Mexico's city has a valid claim to being the first Las Vegas in the country, predating Nevada's by 70 years. The Nevada city was briefly called “Los Vegas” in an attempt to avoid confusion.