The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Memes · 19 days agoComing up with new names is hardlemmy.worldimagemessage-square62fedilinkarrow-up1601arrow-down117
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minus-squarethisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·edit-219 days agomost of the city names in Washington State are native in origin. Just an FYI
minus-squarebaltakateilinkfedilinkarrow-up7·19 days agoYou’re telling me there is no Walla Walla, England?
minus-squarecmbabul@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·19 days agoI feel like Puyallup had to have been named by a drunken southerner
minus-squarepingveno@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·18 days agoPlace names in general in the Pacific Northwest. Alaska is from an Aleut phrase. Out of the 36 Oregon counties, 10 have roots in indigenous language or culture.
most of the city names in Washington State are native in origin. Just an FYI
You’re telling me there is no Walla Walla, England?
I feel like Puyallup had to have been named by a drunken southerner
Place names in general in the Pacific Northwest. Alaska is from an Aleut phrase. Out of the 36 Oregon counties, 10 have roots in indigenous language or culture.