>Colorado is Spanish for colored
>California is a made up mythical place from a Spanish book
>Nevada is Spanish for Snowy
I didn't know these places' names had meanings
W
A
W
>tfw nobody knows which etymology of Arizona is correct
>tfw we could be "the land of little spring", or "the good oak tree"
http://www.azlibrary.gov/arizona-almanac/meaning-arizona
Have memes a meaning? Does life have?
>>52009679
Colorado means red too.
>mfw all our Place names are French, but everyone pronounces them as if they were English
Florida means "full of flowers"
Colorado usually means reddish in spanish.
>>52009679
>Colorado is Spanish
for vermillion red*
and Montana is "mountain" but lacks the wiggle on top of the n (ñ)
>>52009679
Everything in the west is named in Spanish tbqh
here are some stealthy ones
>Los Angeles comes from the Spanish "the angels"
>Las Vegas comes from the Spanish "the meadows"
>El Paso comes from the Spanish "the pass"
>>52010043
Plenty of county/city/etc names come from native American languages. Also plenty of stuff names by Americans, like Phoenix.
>>52010085
>Stealthy
>>52010085
>Las Vegas
>The Meadows
>it's actually a desert
mexican concept of a fertile land is scary
the
Yeah
>>52010101
A few but I'd say the former are more abundant. Especially California.
>>52009990
That's a good thing though
>>52010179
why
>>52010085
>Los Angeles comes from the Spanish "the angels"
I actually didn't realize this until like a year ago when someone made a "The Los Angeles Angels" joke
>>52010183
Well here in Arizona at least, it seems like there's a lot more native American and English based names.
>>52009679
California is the mythical land of the successors, from the Arabic 'Caliph', literally meaning successor. It entered Spanish through Moorish rule of Iberia.
Al-Baghdadi would be glad to make California and Hollywood the land of the Caliph, as displayed in San Bernadino last week.
>Know that on the right hand from the Indies exists an island calledCaliforniavery close to a side of the Earthly Paradise; and it was populated by black women, without any man existing there, because they lived in the way of the Amazons. They had beautiful and robust bodies, and were brave and very strong. Their island was the strongest of the World, with its cliffs and rocky shores. Their weapons were golden and so were the harnesses of the wild beasts that they were accustomed to taming so that they could be ridden, because there was no other metal in the island than gold.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etymology_of_California
>Spaniards in charge of not having jungle fever
>>52010118
>>52009990
Welcome to vernacular, faggot.
>terriitory owned by spaniards is in spanish
what did you expect senpai?
>>52010148
Las Vegas is pretty fertile though
Lake mead means tons of water and irrigation
>>52010272
arizona = zona arida
>>52010561
Ooga booga, where da black wimin at?
>>52009679
As they previously mentioned, "colorado" means red. The word you're thinking of is "coloreado".
>>52009679
>Colorado is Spanish for colored
Colorado means reddish you dumb fuck
>>52009928
...is, is this bait?
>>52010085
>El Paso
omg i wonder if it's some cryptolanguage like esperanto
>>52010857
I wonder if Puerto Rico means anything
>la florida
>>52010043
>washington
>oregon
>>52010887
tasty wine
>>52010887
nah, it's just Puerto now
>mfw I've never pronounced "Colorado" or "Nevada" as spanish words
>>52010920
you aren't supposed to actually
say it like whitebread or they locals will think you're from out of town
>>52010857
mfw
>>52010901
tasty port*
>>52010887
Wealthy/Tasty Port.
>>52010887
rich port or tasty port
>>52010904
It should be called Puerto POBRE amirite?
jajaja
>>52010857
>>52010830
we dont use colorado for reddish but for blushes, blood headedness, or bruises. i guess it indirectly implies that, but then it could also mean purplish. we dont use it for anything else, for example we would never called an apple 'colorada'.
>>52010920
Caller Raw Dough
Nehvahduh
>>52010772
Haven't seen that in any of the results I looked at when googling "etymology of Arizona". Also most of the land in Arizona isn't that arid, the northern part is pretty high in elevation and plenty cold. It's just most of the population lives in the desert area.
>>52009990
are you implying that we should pronounce our own names as the french?
what language do you think this is boy?
>>52010857
How was that bait?
>>52011003
Do people really say them any other way?
>>52010981
nah, It's just Puerto now
>>52010986
yes, one would actually call a red apple colorada
>>52011043
Because Arizona is literally telling you what it is: an Arid Zone
>>52010956
>>52010980
>>52010976
it'd ought to be tasty, that's where we have our sugar mines after all
>>52011119
Some things aren't as obvious as they seem. There's a native Pima word Arizonac that means land of little spring, which also makes just as much sense. There's other theories that fit just as well too.
Oregon comes from orejon (big ears)
>>52011407
that's some grade a bullshit
t. Chicano
>>52011469
CHI
CANO
>>52011407
it´s the same as with patagon (big feet)
>>52011053
I still pronounced them in spanish accent even when I was in the US.
>>52011469
EYYYY
*adjusts wife beater*
ESSSSSSAYYYYYY
*straightens bandana*
YOU MEAN TO TELL ME?
*rides motorcycle*
ESSE YOU GOT TO BE TELLING ME
*speaks mangled spanish*
THAT WE GOT
*gets trashy tattoo*
SOME KINDA
*waves mexican flag*
GRADE A BULLSHIT?
>>52009928
Arizona means Arid zone.
Basically a wasteland.
>>52011782
I was taught in elementary school it came from a native word meaning "land of little spring". I'm guessing you're a Chicano because the other spics ITT also say it comes from Spanish...
>>52011838
I'm not a chicano, but I'm hispanic.
Arido is arid
zona is zone
mix it together, and you get Arizona.
I highly doubt that it is a native word.
The link you provided mentioned that the old name the spanish had was "pimeria"
I could see that meaning somethign along the lines of what you said.
But Arizone is definetly just a wasteland.
But of course, they are not going to tell you that in elementary school.
>>52011943
CHI
>>52011943
But the native word they think it came from is "arizonac". It's also very likely that the Spanish heard that word and found it to be a fitting name for the region, and in the process mispronounced it, leaving off the c.
>>52011998
Arizona (never arizonac)
http://www.nps.gov/tuma/learn/historyculture/upload/Arizonac%20Article.pdf
>Garate also notes that the place name Arizona can be found in Central and South America where the Spanish, including the Basque, settled and where Tohono O'odham/Pima names are unlikely to be found.
>>52012063
Well I don't have the autism to read the whole essay and any rebuttals from other linguists and stuff. So I'll just leave it at you're probably right.
Could be worse. We could have names like:
Joe Batt's Arm
Jackson's Arm
Seriously Canada, wtf?
>Ecuador literally just means "The Equator"
>Central African Republic literally means a republic in Central Africa
>>52012288
and Peru means Turkey
>Peru is America's Turkey
>>52012199
Dildo
>>52009679
Vermont means green mountain in French.
>>52012551
Mississippi means a lot of repeated letters in Hick
Michigan is an Indian Word, yet there are no Indians
>>52009679
>Illinois isn't pronounced like the french intended
I could just imagine the confusion if French tourists took a map of the Midwest and tried to find the cities.
>>52009928
Or it could mean Zona Arida you know...
Also, Tejas, pic related.
>>52009679
Colorado is a kind of red m8.
>>52013102
ill uh noise
>>52013133
>Tejas
I literally can't
I can't stand when mexicans on TV say that
>>52009679
'Colored' would be colorEado. Or de color if you mean nigga man.
Colorado is a sort of red, but we don't really use this word anymore.
>>52011053
Nevadans say Nevadda.
>>52013296
> we say Tejas, spell it with J
> we say Mejico, spell it with X
why?
>>52009679
Colorado means reddened, red or something that is funded under an appearance of reason or justice, aside from colored
>Ohio means good morning in Japanese
>>52015054
old X had the sound of todays J (H in english)
>Don Quixote
![tasman-abel-image[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/oSRmE8u.jpg "tasman-abel-image[1].jpg")
>The states and and self-governed territories of Australia are just geographical descriptions (South Australia, Western Australia, Northern Territory, Australian Capital Territory) or named after/in honour of people or place (Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania, New South Wales)
boring as fuck 2bh
>"The USA isn't part of Latin America" he said vehemently.
>>52009990
>new or-leeens
>>52009679
>Colorado is Spanish for colored
Nigga you're mixing up "Colorado" (red) and "Coloreado" (colored)
>>52009679
We have the same thing with arabic names m8
>Albacete > al-basīṭ: "the plain"
>Alcalá > al-qal`a: "the fortress"
>Algeciras > al-ŷazīra: "the peninsula"
>Alhambra > al-Qal’a al-hamra: "Red Fortress"
>Almuñécar > ins-al-Monacar: "City surrounded by mountains"
>Guadalajara > wad-al-hidjara: "river running between stones"
>Guadalquivir > al-wādī ‘l-kabīr, "big river"
>Medina Azahara > madīnat al-Zahrā: "Bright city"
>>52009679
now the US names have a bit of culture behind them, but you only like them when the culture is white ay
>>52009679
>ITT:Amerifat has a stroke
>>52024871
delet tis
>>52012333
Lol. This is the most apt comparison I've seen in a while. Can't play dota at all anymore because 8/10 rounds is going to be a bunch of 'ruvvies who refuse to use the goddam chatwheel. Also dota is a Spanish word too
>>52010041
>colorado is Spanish for vermillion red
how about no
>>52027457
>Also dota is a Spanish word too
dota stands for Defense Of The Ancients, and as far as i know, it means nothing in spanish
>>52027928
dotar is something but i forget
not him though
>>52028484
Dotar as a verb is a special way to say give. Like giving a platoon of soldiers to guard a fortress
Dote as a noun would mean trait
>>52028484
Fuc its true, never realized it. Still, that is not the name of the game. I mean, it is, but not with that meaning.
t. dota playing spanish expat
>The alamo
>The poplar
>>52028484
Dota like that would be a verbal form of the verb Dotar >>52028810 already explained. Would be the present simple (spanish equivalent) in third person of singular
>>52028484
>>52028810
Actually Dotar would translate as Endow,
also, Dotado=Endowed
>>52015784
And we are fucking dumb because we updated it for some names (e.g. Jalisco), but not for the name of the country
