In the US military, helicopters are, generally, named for Native American tribes. The AH-64 Apache, UH-1 Iroquois, OH-58 Kiowa, OH-6 Cayuse, and, so forth.
Yep, I was going to mention this as well. Chinook, as well. It's a U.S. military tradition. The stealth attack helicopter that was going to be named Comanche got canceled in the early 2000's.
I certainly disagree, he hasn't gone far enough back in the history of this land mass to have scratched the surface. Far too many people had a great deal of influence country wide that he never mentioned.
@@VaveeDances I can appreciate your post. I've done some extensive research, however, his other linguistic videos may be more extensive and his expertise. I don't mean to judge so harshly. However, living here in the states and researching the specific locations has made all the difference. I do believe it's harder for anyone that wasn't born and raised in any country, really, to truly see another country and culture through the lens of their own country. For example, I can only look through my American eyes and view different cultures, but, not with much accuracy. I'm a big traveler , I love other cultures, other languages and especially conversation about differences in an enjoyable way. Personally, this is just me, I don't like stereotyping anyone from anywhere. And those run rampant, and oftentimes, not complimentary. I've been to London, many years ago, a different time and age for me. I can't say I know London or even England, by one visit and the few people I met. Ok, enough of my soap box. One more thing, Tribal Nation languages are far more complex, very much related to their spiritual beliefs, in minute detail. Much has never been translated correctly and must be translated via direct education from a tribal member.
I don't ever remember the Spanish making it as far north as Montana. And after the Revolution, we became Americans, we weren't Euros any more. He seems to have conveniently left out the explorations of Lewis and Clark, who discovered much of the land past the Allegheny mountains.
After the Revolution, people out west as far as Montana were certainly not Americans yet, at least not as far as nationality goes. It would take many , many more decades for that to happen. Josiah Hinman named the state “Montana” after the Spanish word for “mountainous”. He believed the word was of Latin origin.
I live in Caddo Parish Louisiana where the Caddo Indians lived before the federal government bought their land along with the Louisiana purchase from France, and move the Caddo Indians to the republic of Texas… notice all those Indian tribe names are French because they were in the Louisiana purchase
Guys, currently live in the US state of Virginia, which as has been said was named after the so-called Virgin Queen, Elizabeth 1 of England. It’s also the site of the first English settlement, James Town named after King James 1 in 1604.
Daz you made me curious so I looked it up, it was named Maine Road after the road it was on. Businessmen had purchased property in that area of Manchester. The street they bought property on was called Dog Kennel Lane, because there was a kennel on that road. But the businessmen wanted to change the name because they thought it was lowly. The businessman were involved in the Temperance Movement (Prohibition of Alcohol) in the UK, an idea that was growing more popular in the US at the time. The US state of Maine was the first one to pass a law banning alcohol, so the businessmen changed the name from Dog Kennel Lane to Maine Road, because they thought the name was significant and would add recognition to the movement.
My home state of Massachusetts named after the Massachuset people, that were among many indigenous tribes that lived in this area. Boston, which was settled and named after the Village in the U.K. was originally named Shawmut which means Fresh Water in the Massachusett language. If the names of the towns and counties aren't named after English town, such as Wakefield, Stoneham, Reading, Braintree, Middlesex, Suffolk, Norfolk, etc. then they're name origin is named from the local tribes. Also other British signs of names, the Charles River named after King Charles I in 1614. English Explorer John Smith is the one who called the region New England, Maine/Massachusetts which was all Massachusetts at one time, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island and Connecticut.
Do more reactions from this guy's channel! He's dorky, but in a cool way. I love how he focuses on entomology as well. The shire reeve - sheriff connection is something that most people don't know about.
I just got subbed to this linguist guy - he has a new channel with an American linguist too - Words Unraveled… anyway, lots of love from a loyal sub in NM USA ❤
Within each state place names can named after specific people and things. I am from Maryland and our capital is Annapolis (Anne's city) - from Queen Anne. Baltimore is named after the 17th century aristocrat named after the Irish southern coastal town. Salisbury, named after the city in Wiltshire. Frederick, named after Frederick the Prince of Wales or Frederick Baron Baltimore, the last of Maryland's overlords. Other places like Cumberland, Aberdeen, Kent, Somerset, Dorchester are recognizable from the old country
My grandma was part Natchez Indian, and her maiden name was Arnold...as in Benedict Arnold. If you receive an invite from a tribe, take it. I was invited to a ceremony and party and it was an incredible experience.
It's "Missoureeee" if you are from a French settled area and "Missourah" if you are from a Native American area still today Most out of state people don't know that.
Ah, now that makes sense - just up the road into the mountains on I-70 from Denver is a town called Idaho Springs. Name probably stuck from around then.
You didn´t ask for it, but for comparisson regarding the naming of states in another country of the American continent SOUTH Rio Grande do Sul (Great River of the South) - named after Patos Lagoon. It seems in the 1500s, the Portuguese used a single word, RIO for rivers, lagoons and bays. The word means ONLY river nowadays. Santa Catarina - Saint Catharine, after Catharine of Alexandria; OR maybe after Catarina, wife of Sebastiano Caboto, first man to discover the island that gives name to the state. You English may have heard of Caboto's dad... Giovanni Caboto... known in English as John Cabot. Paraná - from tupi guarani language paranã, meaning "river-sea", for the size of the river SOUTHEAST São Paulo - Saint Paulo, after Paul of Tarsus Rio de Janeiro - River of January, after the big bay and natural harbor discovered in January 1502, today known as Guabanara Bay Minas Gerais - General Mines... after the many gold and diamond mines discovered there in the 18th century Espírito Santo - Holy Spirit. After... well, I guess most people reading this are christians (or from christian countries) and familiar with the concept? CENTER-WEST Mato Grosso - Thick Woods, for the dense vegetation in the area Mato Grosso do Sul - southern part that split from Mato Grosso in 1977 Goiás - after the Goiases, or Guaiases, a native tribe that inhabited the area Tocantins - from tupi guarani language tukantim, meaning "toucan beaks" (tukana, "toucan" + tim, "beak"). Distrito Federal - Federal District. from Latin foedus, foeder- ‘league, covenant’ + -al. from medieval Latin districtus ‘(territory of) jurisdiction’, from Latin distringere ‘draw apart’. NORTH Acre - from apurinã language uwákürü, "green river", apparently misread by a colonizer in 1878. There is an old measurement unit with the same name however. Amapá - tupi amapá, "rain place" (ama, "rain" + paba, "place" Amazonas - named after the river Amazonas (Amazon), which was named by Spanish explorer Francisco de Orellana, in 1541m who reported seeing female warriors and thus associated them to the legendary Amazon warriors of Greek Mythology Rondônia - in honor to general Candido Rondon, who explored the area Roraima - named after the mountains-mesas on the border of Brazil and Venezuela (ever saw Pixar's Up? Yup, those ones). From Pemon language roroima, "green-blue mountain" Pará - from Tupi "sea, wide river", in reference to river Amazon (notice the same root as the word Paraná) NORTHEAST Alagoas - lagoons Bahia - bay (after All Saints Bay, where the city of Salvador (Saviour) is located Ceará - from Tupi cemo ará, "jandaia chant". Lol, I don´t know what jandaia is. Maybe a bird. Maranhão - Tupi para-nhana, "running river". However, we already asserted that para is a big river/sea. And MAR is sea in Portuguese. So it seems long ago someone replaced PARA (sea) for portuguese MAR, while keeping the nhana part (that runs/flows). MAR-NHANA. Sea that runs. Paraíba - from Tupi paraíba, meaning "bad river" (pará, "big river" + aíb, "bad" + a, sufix). Bad for navigation Pernambuco - from tupi paranabuka or paranambuco, meaning "sea crevice" or "holed sea" (paranã, "sea" + puka, "hole/crevice"). Apparently, after a passage for the reefs in the area. The state capital is named Recife (Reef, in Portuguese) Piauí - Piabas river... piabas being a type of fish Rio Grande do Norte - like Rio Grande do Sul, but 3000 km away, in reference to Potenji river Sergipe - old tupi seriîype, meaning "crabs river (seri, "crab" + îy, "river" + pe, "in the").
Maine was part of Massachusetts. English and French claims in western Maine would be contested, at times violently until the British conquest of New France in the French and Indian War. With the creation of the Province of Massachusetts Bay in 1692, the entirety of what is now Maine became part of that province.
in a 1944 American Speech article that the name came from an engraver's error in a French map published in the early 18th century on which the Ouisiconsink (Wisconsin River) was spelled "Ouaricon-sint", broken into two lines with the -sint below, so that there appeared to be a river flowing to the west named "Ouaricon".The theory was endorsed in Oregon Geographic Names as "the most plausible explanation". So Oregon word was an engraver error misspelled word of a French word
Hopefully you take up that invite to a native American reservation. I do not know what you will see there, it could be tranquil, or upkept, or impoverished, etc. As a kid, I used to live on a Sioux reservation in North Dakota because my dad became a hospital physician there. But it wasn't all natives there, probably half were white people. Our family went to the pow-wows on occasion. We lived there for 5 years in the 1970's. It was nice & now sentimental, because of my youth, but the snow blizzards were harsh, even though us kids loved it. If you do go, the main thing you will probably take away from that experience is that this is one thing that can happen from conquest. 03/22/24
the 13 stripes on the American flag represent the thirteen British colonie: Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, Connecticut, Massachusetts Bay, Maryland, South Carolina, New Hampshire, Virginia, New York, North Carolina, and the Rhode Island and Providence Plantations s that declared independence from Great Britain. The 50 stars on the flag represent the 50 U.S. states.
Wait That's so crazy I had no idea so I guess we're not in the Victorian or Edwardian era anymore and since I was born in 1994 we are no longer in the second elizabethian era we are in the Carolinian era right now how crazy is that?
If you drove from New Jersey to Texas then, yes, you would have passed over the Mississippi River at some point. Probably on I-40 in Memphis, Tennessee or I-10 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, depending on which route you took. 😉
Not a state, but I know Atlanta was originally called "Terminus" because of it's expansive railway system. Terminus sounds pretty badass and futuristic for a city name IMO haha Sounds like something out of a sci-fi movie.
Oregonian here, one theory for the name Oregon is it's named after a oily smelt fish. That fish was called oolighan by native people and traded all around the region.
I live in Utah. There are a few Indian tribe that are in the state in present day. The Ute tribe and the Navajo tribe. Modern day the “utes” definitely call themselves the “utes”
The official legal name of Rhode Island is The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. Which means it’s the smallest state but has the longest name
Blokes and "blokette", in case you don't already know, W. Virginia split off from VA at the start of the Civil War because it was populated by abolitionists, and VA went with the South. The Choctaw (Alabama section) mixed with the Acadians and slaves to produce Cajuns of Louisiana. He pronounced the Illinois tribe (Illiniwek) as ill-LYNN-uh-weck, but the mascot for the U. of IL is the Fighting ill-LIE-nigh (Illini), so I know he's slightly wrong. However, not a bad attempt. I obviously don't know which Rez you've been invited to visit, but if it's not the Navajo, you ought to attempt to add it on, as the scenery there is beautiful, and hearing the language spoken is a jaw-dropper, since it's one of the world's most difficult to learn, having 3 tones, glottal stops and nasalization, and at 170,000 speakers still around, it's the most spoken in the US and Canada. In the ID section, the tribe is KYE-oh-wuh, rather than KEY-oh-wuh. If you've ever heard of a chief in a Western named Cochise (koh-CHEECE), he was Apache, and they were the nearby tribe on an old TV show called High Chapparal. If the river you crossed was around 1 mile/1.6km wide, no doubt it was the Mississippi. For the record, Aleut = al-ee-OOT, but the chain is the chain. uh-LOO-shun In case Puerto Rico ever becomes State #51, it's Spanish for "rich port", and it'd be the 3rd. state to be broken up into something other than counties, namely, municipalities; the other 2 are Louisiana--parishes, and AK--boroughs.
New York was New Amsterdam for the city and New Netherlands for the state. And we have a York, NY it's a little hamlet in the Town of York, Livingston Counry between Caledonia and Leicester southwest of Avon. Actually drove through it twice the day you uploaded this video. Wyoming is named after Wyoming, Wyoming County, NY not Wyoming, PA.
I so like ur reactions, to vids , and how ur reactions to this vid . He definitely does his homework,on word origins, as to why american English words are influenced by Spanish and French. Such as how to properly pronounce jalapenos, and not Herbs haha,
Every state has a little slogan name. It’s in the form of “The ____ state.” NY is The Empire State. CT is The Nutmeg State. CA is The Golden State. And The Garden State is, indeed, New Jersey. These are very old labels, just saying.
From colonial times until just a few years ago, the official name of Rhode Island was "Rhode Island and Providence Plantations." The famous town of Newport is on Aquidneck (Rhode) Island, while the city of Providence and surrounding towns are on the mainland. The word "plantation" originally meant just "large farm," but in modern times it is associated with slavery. Rhode Island has a very mixed record with slavery: it was one of the first states to abolish slavery, but in the preceding decades massive fortunes were made in the slave trade. One family that got rich was that of John Brown, after which Brown University was named. The city of Providence was founded in 1636 by the English-born Roger Williams. He should be more widely remembered, for Providence was the first place in the world with freedom of religion and separation of church and state. This suggests Williams was irreligious, but he was actually a theologian, disaffected by the excesses of the Anglican church in England and the Puritans in neighboring Massachusetts.
I like that description, "The French seem to lose interest before they reach the last letter of a word." I'm French and that is well put. His explanation of "Maine" does not seem to be correct. It might more likely refer to the meaning of "main" as the open sea. For example, references to "The Spanish Main" in history.
Jealous you were invited to a Reservation. I find the Native Americans and their beliefs fascinating. There is a local tribe near here and I attend their Pow Wows every year, if possible. The local tribe does not have a Reservation, but, they do own land here.
You don’t really need to be invited. Just go. There aren’t any gates, no guards; just like any other town really. I don’t know of any reservations that way…😁
The government has changed the names/titles of people for many, many years. Black people started off as slaves, and white people called them "ni----", followed by "negro", "colored", "black", "Afro-American, and currently "African American". I'm black, aka "black American", (sometimes I say multi-racial or multi-ethnic American) 🙂 since the only African Americans would be people who moved here from Africa or were born here of African parents. Some will even break it down to to what country they're from, like "Nigerian American". The Native Americans have dealt with similar issues and many never wanted to be called Native American, but the government had a say. Several prefer to be called Indigenous American, American Indian or by their specific tribe, and are making it known how they feel about being called what they're not.
@@valkyrierebel2488 I was born here so I'm not ok with it, because I am a native American. Words matter and people don't get to choose their own definitions and make others use them. Though you family may be native Americans they are also indigenous which is what is really meant, so say what you mean and use words correctly.
@bryangipe1 lol 😆 😂 🤣 No you don't get to tell other people what they call themselves! Some of my elder family still just call themselves Indian. If that's what they want to be addressed as then I will respect that. Stop pushing your bs on everyone else.
The origins of the name of the State of Michigan is incorrect, it's much more detailed than that. Also, Minnesota was not accurately translated, Tribal languages are far more specific . I don't know where he gets his Tribal Nation translations from. I hope he decides to research this aspect far more deeply . That requires speaking and studying with each tribal nation, personally. Also, the French had a far more expansive reach, travel and influence in many more areas than the Puritans. The puritans, did change a lot of tribal nation names of cities and rivers to British names here in New England, Pequot was changed to New London in Connecticut, the river is the Thames, different pronunciation. New London was an enormous whaling port. We have many English towns, but the majority of our roads and highways are all Tribal Nation trails, that have been paved. The Mashantucket Pequots tribe are still alive and well, however, we're on their original land. Many of us in New England are well aware of what has happened to the nations with deep remorse and respect.
Wow, he was quite inaccurate! The europeans and Brits were not the origins for many of the state names! The Indigenous nations of what is North America have a direct influence on more names than he spoke of. It seems he used a british influenced based type of inaccurate descriptions. The British Empire were not the first Europeans here, however, we do have many cities named after england which is well known and quite lovely. Many early explorers were French. Often became friends with certain 1st nations. Then translated them into a french variation or used the first nation names. When the puritans showed up, eventually some of the french translated 1st nation words, were then translated into the English spoken at the time. Michigan and Connecticut for example are Indigenous based, wholly. Then spelled by the best sound applied in the english language. Even though the British Empire claimed some land as colonies, British english is not our native language. The indigenous nations get that credit out of 10s of thousands of tribes here for centuries. Connecticut has deep roots in the Mashantucket Pequot tribe and Mohegan tribe for example. The Dutch and Germans had a big hand in populating everything from what is now NYC, east to Connecticut . The puritans gave us New London in CT and the Thames river. After they burned a Pequot village at Mystic to the ground. People and all. In the south west, the names and influences were not well researched at all. And our deep south has a great deal of various island immigrants as well as French. Appalachia is a great deal of Scottish. It was two Scotsman that created The Mason-Dixon Line. They sailed here specifically for that very job. I've barely scratched the surface here. Find a better source for accuracy in history.
I watched this again, unfortunately, he does bring a bit of his opinion regarding the pronunciation of words, such as why the French like to leave certain letters at the end of words unspoken, is one example. It implies that his British English pronunciation is the more comprehensible pronunciation. Personally, I don't subscribe to the belief that the British spelling, or grammar or pronunciation are the basic hard and fast rules. British speaking folks, speak it beautifully, it's their language. The USA has had far more influences on what is referred to as American English. It's what we're taught, but with many numerous influences over centuries, far more than the British English spoken by the puritans for example. For a country like England, known for having fine educational facilities, it has always seemed presumptuous that Americans, as a whole, are corrected, often as an insulting stereotype of how we can't speak the language or don't know geography. The language insults sound ignorant. The other stereotypes are repetitious, decade after decade. We are Americans, that's our job and of multiple cultures worldwide. We don't want to be British. That's Britain's job. It's not all people that use stereotypes, for sure. And we're not perfect, however, much younger than the UK for example. However, many complaints are "the pot calling the kettle black.". We all have dirty hands.
In the US military, helicopters are, generally, named for Native American tribes. The AH-64 Apache, UH-1 Iroquois, OH-58 Kiowa, OH-6 Cayuse, and, so forth.
And my favorite, the CH-47 Chinook! Go hookers!
Comanche too
Yep, I was going to mention this as well. Chinook, as well. It's a U.S. military tradition. The stealth attack helicopter that was going to be named Comanche got canceled in the early 2000's.
Cultural expropriation.
all American military helicopters are named after native tribes: Chinook, Apache,Iroquois,Kiowa, etc.
Rob is a brilliant, professional linguist. His videos are excellent and his information is extremely reliable. Glad you enjoyed 😊
I certainly disagree, he hasn't gone far enough back in the history of this land mass to have scratched the surface. Far too many people had a great deal of influence country wide that he never mentioned.
@@anitapeludat256 Robwords has many, many other videos dealing with the development of the English language. This reaction vid only featured one.
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I can appreciate your post. I've done some extensive research, however, his other linguistic videos may be more extensive and his expertise. I don't mean to judge so harshly. However, living here in the states and researching the specific locations has made all the difference. I do believe it's harder for anyone that wasn't born and raised in any country, really, to truly see another country and culture through the lens of their own country. For example, I can only look through my American eyes and view different cultures, but, not with much accuracy. I'm a big traveler , I love other cultures, other languages and especially conversation about differences in an enjoyable way. Personally, this is just me, I don't like stereotyping anyone from anywhere. And those run rampant, and oftentimes, not complimentary. I've been to London, many years ago, a different time and age for me. I can't say I know London or even England, by one visit and the few people I met. Ok, enough of my soap box. One more thing, Tribal Nation languages are far more complex, very much related to their spiritual beliefs, in minute detail. Much has never been translated correctly and must be translated via direct education from a tribal member.
I don't ever remember the Spanish making it as far north as Montana. And after the Revolution, we became Americans, we weren't Euros any more. He seems to have conveniently left out the explorations of Lewis and Clark, who discovered much of the land past the Allegheny mountains.
the name Montana is attributed to an American named Josiah Hinman. Get an American Historian next time.
After the Revolution, people out west as far as Montana were certainly not Americans yet, at least not as far as nationality goes. It would take many , many more decades for that to happen. Josiah Hinman named the state “Montana” after the Spanish word for “mountainous”. He believed the word was of Latin origin.
They didn’t discover it, they explored it for the US after we bought it from France.
I found this guy's channel a month or two ago. Great channel. Been binge watching him lately.
I live in Caddo Parish Louisiana where the Caddo Indians lived before the federal government bought their land along with the Louisiana purchase from France, and move the Caddo Indians to the republic of Texas… notice all those Indian tribe names are French because they were in the Louisiana purchase
Guys, currently live in the US state of Virginia, which as has been said was named after the so-called Virgin Queen, Elizabeth 1 of England. It’s also the site of the first English settlement, James Town named after King James 1 in 1604.
Something you guys and gal might think is funny, Virginia's state slogan is... "Virginia is for Lovers" 😂
And Maryland is for crabs
Agreed Daz well spoken and fun individuals make history better
Little known fact but in Olde English the name Daz means "Wanker from up North"😂❤😂
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@@limeygaynor Sorry Gay, I couldn't resist. Much love 💕 from Portland Oregon.
@@heywoodjablowme8120 means the same in Manchester 😉
@@limeygaynor Gaynor is Olde English for "Woman of Changing Hair Colour." Aiden is "Picky-eater" and Declan is "Son that never appears "
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Daz you made me curious so I looked it up, it was named Maine Road after the road it was on. Businessmen had purchased property in that area of Manchester. The street they bought property on was called Dog Kennel Lane, because there was a kennel on that road. But the businessmen wanted to change the name because they thought it was lowly.
The businessman were involved in the Temperance Movement (Prohibition of Alcohol) in the UK, an idea that was growing more popular in the US at the time. The US state of Maine was the first one to pass a law banning alcohol, so the businessmen changed the name from Dog Kennel Lane to Maine Road, because they thought the name was significant and would add recognition to the movement.
My home state of Massachusetts named after the Massachuset people, that were among many indigenous tribes that lived in this area. Boston, which was settled and named after the Village in the U.K. was originally named Shawmut which means Fresh Water in the Massachusett language. If the names of the towns and counties aren't named after English town, such as Wakefield, Stoneham, Reading, Braintree, Middlesex, Suffolk, Norfolk, etc. then they're name origin is named from the local tribes. Also other British signs of names, the Charles River named after King Charles I in 1614. English Explorer John Smith is the one who called the region New England, Maine/Massachusetts which was all Massachusetts at one time, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island and Connecticut.
Do more reactions from this guy's channel! He's dorky, but in a cool way. I love how he focuses on entomology as well. The shire reeve - sheriff connection is something that most people don't know about.
That's why here in Colorado we have the town Idaho Springs. Makes sense
Loved this! Very educational
I just got subbed to this linguist guy - he has a new channel with an American linguist too - Words Unraveled… anyway, lots of love from a loyal sub in NM USA ❤
Utah is named after an Indigenous tribe's word for "Mountain top". I grew up in Utah and learned Utah history more than I can keep up.
Within each state place names can named after specific people and things. I am from Maryland and our capital is Annapolis (Anne's city) - from Queen Anne. Baltimore is named after the 17th century aristocrat named after the Irish southern coastal town. Salisbury, named after the city in Wiltshire. Frederick, named after Frederick the Prince of Wales or Frederick Baron Baltimore, the last of Maryland's overlords. Other places like Cumberland, Aberdeen, Kent, Somerset, Dorchester are recognizable from the old country
Colorado was named 'Colo Rojo' or 'colored red' after the red soil and river.
Yes the era of Charles is the Carolinian era.
Ball State University - Muncie, Indiana
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My grandma was part Natchez Indian, and her maiden name was Arnold...as in Benedict Arnold. If you receive an invite from a tribe, take it. I was invited to a ceremony and party and it was an incredible experience.
My grandma was part Terminator and her maiden name was Schwarzenegger....as in Arnold Schwarzenegger. If you get an invite from a cyborg take it.
@@heywoodjablowme8120LOL Hell no, I do not need to be shot at, hunted, or melted.
Ball is a large company. They sell mason jars
And aerospace equipment.
It's "Missoureeee" if you are from a French settled area and "Missourah" if you are from a Native American area still today Most out of state people don't know that.
Ah, now that makes sense - just up the road into the mountains on I-70 from Denver is a town called Idaho Springs. Name probably stuck from around then.
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Close. It's the Carolean era.
Perhaps The Carolinian Era?
You didn´t ask for it, but for comparisson regarding the naming of states in another country of the American continent
SOUTH
Rio Grande do Sul (Great River of the South) - named after Patos Lagoon. It seems in the 1500s, the Portuguese used a single word, RIO for rivers, lagoons and bays. The word means ONLY river nowadays.
Santa Catarina - Saint Catharine, after Catharine of Alexandria; OR maybe after Catarina, wife of Sebastiano Caboto, first man to discover the island that gives name to the state. You English may have heard of Caboto's dad... Giovanni Caboto... known in English as John Cabot.
Paraná - from tupi guarani language paranã, meaning "river-sea", for the size of the river
SOUTHEAST
São Paulo - Saint Paulo, after Paul of Tarsus
Rio de Janeiro - River of January, after the big bay and natural harbor discovered in January 1502, today known as Guabanara Bay
Minas Gerais - General Mines... after the many gold and diamond mines discovered there in the 18th century
Espírito Santo - Holy Spirit. After... well, I guess most people reading this are christians (or from christian countries) and familiar with the concept?
CENTER-WEST
Mato Grosso - Thick Woods, for the dense vegetation in the area
Mato Grosso do Sul - southern part that split from Mato Grosso in 1977
Goiás - after the Goiases, or Guaiases, a native tribe that inhabited the area
Tocantins - from tupi guarani language tukantim, meaning "toucan beaks" (tukana, "toucan" + tim, "beak").
Distrito Federal - Federal District. from Latin foedus, foeder- ‘league, covenant’ + -al. from medieval Latin districtus ‘(territory of) jurisdiction’, from Latin distringere ‘draw apart’.
NORTH
Acre - from apurinã language uwákürü, "green river", apparently misread by a colonizer in 1878. There is an old measurement unit with the same name however.
Amapá - tupi amapá, "rain place" (ama, "rain" + paba, "place"
Amazonas - named after the river Amazonas (Amazon), which was named by Spanish explorer Francisco de Orellana, in 1541m who reported seeing female warriors and thus associated them to the legendary Amazon warriors of Greek Mythology
Rondônia - in honor to general Candido Rondon, who explored the area
Roraima - named after the mountains-mesas on the border of Brazil and Venezuela (ever saw Pixar's Up? Yup, those ones). From Pemon language roroima, "green-blue mountain"
Pará - from Tupi "sea, wide river", in reference to river Amazon (notice the same root as the word Paraná)
NORTHEAST
Alagoas - lagoons
Bahia - bay (after All Saints Bay, where the city of Salvador (Saviour) is located
Ceará - from Tupi cemo ará, "jandaia chant". Lol, I don´t know what jandaia is. Maybe a bird.
Maranhão - Tupi para-nhana, "running river". However, we already asserted that para is a big river/sea. And MAR is sea in Portuguese. So it seems long ago someone replaced PARA (sea) for portuguese MAR, while keeping the nhana part (that runs/flows). MAR-NHANA. Sea that runs.
Paraíba - from Tupi paraíba, meaning "bad river" (pará, "big river" + aíb, "bad" + a, sufix). Bad for navigation
Pernambuco - from tupi paranabuka or paranambuco, meaning "sea crevice" or "holed sea" (paranã, "sea" + puka, "hole/crevice"). Apparently, after a passage for the reefs in the area. The state capital is named Recife (Reef, in Portuguese)
Piauí - Piabas river... piabas being a type of fish
Rio Grande do Norte - like Rio Grande do Sul, but 3000 km away, in reference to Potenji river
Sergipe - old tupi seriîype, meaning "crabs river (seri, "crab" + îy, "river" + pe, "in the").
The colony that is now much of New York State was New Netherlands first and NYC was new Amsterdam so he has it partially correct.
Maine was part of Massachusetts. English and French claims in western Maine would be contested, at times violently until the British conquest of New France in the French and Indian War. With the creation of the Province of Massachusetts Bay in 1692, the entirety of what is now Maine became part of that province.
in a 1944 American Speech article that the name came from an engraver's error in a French map published in the early 18th century on which the Ouisiconsink (Wisconsin River) was spelled "Ouaricon-sint", broken into two lines with the -sint below, so that there appeared to be a river flowing to the west named "Ouaricon".The theory was endorsed in Oregon Geographic Names as "the most plausible explanation".
So Oregon word was an engraver error misspelled word of a French word
I really like this host, he's a great presenter
And people assume New Mexico was named after the country when in fact it was named by Spaniards before the country was named.
Are you referring to Charleston, South Carolina or perhaps Charlotte, North Carolina?
Hopefully you take up that invite to a native American reservation. I do not know what you will see there, it could be tranquil, or upkept, or impoverished, etc. As a kid, I used to live on a Sioux reservation in North Dakota because my dad became a hospital physician there. But it wasn't all natives there, probably half were white people. Our family went to the pow-wows on occasion. We lived there for 5 years in the 1970's. It was nice & now sentimental, because of my youth, but the snow blizzards were harsh, even though us kids loved it. If you do go, the main thing you will probably take away from that experience is that this is one thing that can happen from conquest.
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the 13 stripes on the American flag represent the thirteen British colonie: Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, Connecticut, Massachusetts Bay, Maryland, South Carolina, New Hampshire, Virginia, New York, North Carolina, and the Rhode Island and Providence Plantations s that declared independence from Great Britain.
The 50 stars on the flag represent the 50 U.S. states.
New York has never been and is still not part of the New England region of the US.
"Carolean" is the name referred to the reign under King Charles III - I think
Wait That's so crazy I had no idea so I guess we're not in the Victorian or Edwardian era anymore and since I was born in 1994 we are no longer in the second elizabethian era we are in the Carolinian era right now how crazy is that?
If you drove from New Jersey to Texas then, yes, you would have passed over the Mississippi River at some point. Probably on I-40 in Memphis, Tennessee or I-10 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, depending on which route you took. 😉
I-44/ I-55 through StLouis…
Not a state, but I know Atlanta was originally called "Terminus" because of it's expansive railway system. Terminus sounds pretty badass and futuristic for a city name IMO haha Sounds like something out of a sci-fi movie.
Oregonian here, one theory for the name Oregon is it's named after a oily smelt fish. That fish was called oolighan by native people and traded all around the region.
As an Oregonian I did not know that, good to know!
Aiden looked so bored. 😆
I live in Utah. There are a few Indian tribe that are in the state in present day. The Ute tribe and the Navajo tribe. Modern day the “utes” definitely call themselves the “utes”
I was just in Wyoming yesterday 😊
When I lived in California, I lived on Califa St. Never knew the history of the names until now.
RobWords is my favorite language channel on TH-cam.
Here in Alaska I see the alternate name Alyeska a lot.
I think the Apache were terrorized by the Comanche.
The Comanche were the first Special Ops Team
No... they were all peaceful farmers living off the land...
The official legal name of Rhode Island is The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. Which means it’s the smallest state but has the longest name
Blokes and "blokette", in case you don't already know, W. Virginia split off from VA at the start of the Civil War because it was populated by abolitionists, and VA went with the South.
The Choctaw (Alabama section) mixed with the Acadians and slaves to produce Cajuns of Louisiana.
He pronounced the Illinois tribe (Illiniwek) as
ill-LYNN-uh-weck, but the mascot for the U. of IL is the Fighting ill-LIE-nigh (Illini), so I know he's slightly wrong. However, not a bad attempt.
I obviously don't know which Rez you've been invited to visit, but if it's not the Navajo, you ought to attempt to add it on, as the scenery there is beautiful, and hearing the language spoken is a jaw-dropper, since it's one of the world's most difficult to learn, having 3 tones, glottal stops and nasalization, and at 170,000 speakers still around, it's the most spoken in the US and Canada.
In the ID section, the tribe is KYE-oh-wuh, rather than KEY-oh-wuh.
If you've ever heard of a chief in a Western named Cochise (koh-CHEECE), he was Apache, and they were the nearby tribe on an old TV show called High Chapparal.
If the river you crossed was around 1 mile/1.6km wide, no doubt it was the Mississippi.
For the record, Aleut = al-ee-OOT, but the chain is the chain. uh-LOO-shun
In case Puerto Rico ever becomes State #51, it's Spanish for "rich port", and it'd be the 3rd. state to be broken up into something other than counties, namely, municipalities; the other 2 are Louisiana--parishes, and AK--boroughs.
New York was New Amsterdam for the city and New Netherlands for the state. And we have a York, NY it's a little hamlet in the Town of York, Livingston Counry between Caledonia and Leicester southwest of Avon. Actually drove through it twice the day you uploaded this video.
Wyoming is named after Wyoming, Wyoming County, NY not Wyoming, PA.
Michigan! Represent!
IMHO, "Texas" in New Yorkese means "Land of Avoid At All Cost".
Did you imply Kentucky was named for KFC?
Bruh that was funny af😂😂😂
Why does he assume that she couldnt speak 9 languages?! Just search YT and you'll find an endless amount of polyglots.
I so like ur reactions, to vids , and how ur reactions to this vid . He definitely does his homework,on word origins, as to why american English words are influenced by Spanish and French. Such as how to properly pronounce jalapenos, and not Herbs haha,
Maine was the main part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony too. Ball State University is in Muncie, IN. I’d take 69 to Ball you, rather than IU!
Every state has a little slogan name. It’s in the form of “The ____ state.” NY is The Empire State. CT is The Nutmeg State. CA is The Golden State. And The Garden State is, indeed, New Jersey. These are very old labels, just saying.
Come watch the Denver Nuggets at Ball Arena, you’ll love it. 🏆 champions!
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I always thought Arapaho sounded badass, so does Choctaw & Zuni.
From colonial times until just a few years ago, the official name of Rhode Island was "Rhode Island and Providence Plantations." The famous town of Newport is on Aquidneck (Rhode) Island, while the city of Providence and surrounding towns are on the mainland. The word "plantation" originally meant just "large farm," but in modern times it is associated with slavery. Rhode Island has a very mixed record with slavery: it was one of the first states to abolish slavery, but in the preceding decades massive fortunes were made in the slave trade. One family that got rich was that of John Brown, after which Brown University was named.
The city of Providence was founded in 1636 by the English-born Roger Williams. He should be more widely remembered, for Providence was the first place in the world with freedom of religion and separation of church and state. This suggests Williams was irreligious, but he was actually a theologian, disaffected by the excesses of the Anglican church in England and the Puritans in neighboring Massachusetts.
Similarly, Pennsylvania while established as a refuge for Quakers was much more open minded about religion than the other colonies at the time.
According to Google, y'all are in, The New Carolean Age.
Tevez has the nickname "Apache"
Disagree with the Spanish origin of Arizona. Arid meaning desert land.
Thank you 🙏 did not know all why but I do forgive them 🇺🇸☝️also educational 👏👏👏👍🎥
"Mia Khalifa" is the queen of California while our king is "wizz khalifa" .
lol 😆
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We should change the names of these states named after English villains.
Carlos Tevez. El Apache
William Penn is the GOAT
My Maryland has the best story, obvious bias but a good argument there lol
Carolean
I like that description, "The French seem to lose interest before they reach the last letter of a word." I'm French and that is well put. His explanation of "Maine" does not seem to be correct. It might more likely refer to the meaning of "main" as the open sea. For example, references to "The Spanish Main" in history.
Carolingian era
Jealous you were invited to a Reservation. I find the Native Americans and their beliefs fascinating. There is a local tribe near here and I attend their Pow Wows every year, if possible. The local tribe does not have a Reservation, but, they do own land here.
You don’t really need to be invited. Just go. There aren’t any gates, no guards; just like any other town really. I don’t know of any reservations that way…😁
Why do they say native Americans rather than indigenous Americans or indigenous people? Everyone born in America is a native American.
The government has changed the names/titles of people for many, many years. Black people started off as slaves, and white people called them "ni----", followed by "negro", "colored", "black", "Afro-American, and currently "African American". I'm black, aka "black American", (sometimes I say multi-racial or multi-ethnic American) 🙂 since the only African Americans would be people who moved here from Africa or were born here of African parents. Some will even break it down to to what country they're from, like "Nigerian American".
The Native Americans have dealt with similar issues and many never wanted to be called Native American, but the government had a say. Several prefer to be called Indigenous American, American Indian or by their specific tribe, and are making it known how they feel about being called what they're not.
How about American Indian? Nobody ever bothers to ask.
My family is OK with being called Native American. Stop making a big deal out of something.
@@valkyrierebel2488 I was born here so I'm not ok with it, because I am a native American. Words matter and people don't get to choose their own definitions and make others use them. Though you family may be native Americans they are also indigenous which is what is really meant, so say what you mean and use words correctly.
@bryangipe1 lol 😆 😂 🤣 No you don't get to tell other people what they call themselves! Some of my elder family still just call themselves Indian. If that's what they want to be addressed as then I will respect that. Stop pushing your bs on everyone else.
The origins of the name of the State of Michigan is incorrect, it's much more detailed than that. Also, Minnesota was not accurately translated, Tribal languages are far more specific . I don't know where he gets his Tribal Nation translations from. I hope he decides to research this aspect far more deeply . That requires speaking and studying with each tribal nation, personally.
Also, the French had a far more expansive reach, travel and influence in many more areas than the Puritans. The puritans, did change a lot of tribal nation names of cities and rivers to British names here in New England, Pequot was changed to New London in Connecticut, the river is the Thames, different pronunciation. New London was an enormous whaling port. We have many English towns, but the majority of our roads and highways are all Tribal Nation trails, that have been paved. The Mashantucket Pequots tribe are still alive and well, however, we're on their original land.
Many of us in New England are well aware of what has happened to the nations with deep remorse and respect.
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Interesting good video/
Carlos Tevez is El Apache, not Aguero.
Some of his “research” is a little lazy. Oklahoma means “Land of the Red man”.
Wow, he was quite inaccurate! The europeans and Brits were not the origins for many of the state names!
The Indigenous nations of what is North America have a direct influence on more names than he spoke of. It seems he used a british influenced based type of inaccurate descriptions. The British Empire were not the first Europeans here, however, we do have many cities named after england which is well known and quite lovely. Many early explorers were French. Often became friends with certain 1st nations. Then translated them into a french variation or used the first nation names. When the puritans showed up, eventually some of the french translated 1st nation words, were then translated into the English spoken at the time. Michigan and Connecticut for example are Indigenous based, wholly. Then spelled by the best sound applied in the english language. Even though the British Empire claimed some land as colonies, British english is not our native language. The indigenous nations get that credit out of 10s of thousands of tribes here for centuries. Connecticut has deep roots in the Mashantucket Pequot tribe and Mohegan tribe for example. The Dutch and Germans had a big hand in populating everything from what is now NYC, east to Connecticut . The puritans gave us New London in CT and the Thames river. After they burned a Pequot village at Mystic to the ground. People and all.
In the south west, the names and influences were not well researched at all.
And our deep south has a great deal of various island immigrants as well as French.
Appalachia is a great deal of Scottish. It was two Scotsman that created The Mason-Dixon Line. They sailed here specifically for that very job. I've barely scratched the surface here.
Find a better source for accuracy in history.
10:28 But Aiden is pretty bored.
I watched this again, unfortunately, he does bring a bit of his opinion regarding the pronunciation of words, such as why the French like to leave certain letters at the end of words unspoken, is one example. It implies that his British English pronunciation is the more comprehensible pronunciation. Personally, I don't subscribe to the belief that the British spelling, or grammar or pronunciation are the basic hard and fast rules. British speaking folks, speak it beautifully, it's their language. The USA has had far more influences on what is referred to as American English. It's what we're taught, but with many numerous influences over centuries, far more than the British English spoken by the puritans for example. For a country like England, known for having fine educational facilities, it has always seemed presumptuous that Americans, as a whole, are corrected, often as an insulting stereotype of how we can't speak the language or don't know geography. The language insults sound ignorant. The other stereotypes are repetitious, decade after decade. We are Americans, that's our job and of multiple cultures worldwide. We don't want to be British. That's Britain's job. It's not all people that use stereotypes, for sure.
And we're not perfect, however, much younger than the UK for example. However, many complaints are "the pot calling the kettle black.". We all have dirty hands.
Ohio is named by Aliens ..... which means "the weird people" .
California: Spanish "calor" (hot), and Old Spanish/Portuguese "forno" (oven). So California is "as hot as an oven".
Tooooo many unneeded interruptions