State Name Etymologies (Native Languages)
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Author's Game Description
The etymologies of state names coming from Native languages.
It's not that simple: see game comments.Image by Ixnay1,, based on a map by Brianski and Astrokey44, all at Wikipedia/Wikimedia
Category: Linguistics Games
Created by tickman, 6 Jul, 2009
Tags: geography, History, Linguistics, state names, US, usa
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| Highscores — State Name Etymologies (Native Languages) | Place 1 - 10 | |||
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| Player Name | Score | Time | Date of Play | |
| 1 | asae | 100% | 0:29.8 min. | 23 Jul, 2009 |
| 2 | Itachi | 100% | 0:33.0 min. | 9 Jul, 2009 |
| 3 | ugauga | 100% | 0:33.3 min. | 8 Jul, 2009 |
| 4 | emili | 100% | 0:40.6 min. | 7 Jul, 2009 |
| 5 | thomasnagy | 100% | 0:48.1 min. | 17 Jul, 2009 |
| 6 | arbivara | 100% | 0:52.6 min. | 9 Jul, 2009 |
| 7 | slaaty | 100% | 0:53.3 min. | 8 Jul, 2009 |
| 8 | Lilili | 100% | 1:19.9 min. | 6 Jul, 2009 |
| 9 | ron tag | 100% | 1:44.8 min. | 11 Jul, 2009 |
| 10 | Shinya | 67% | 2:12.8 min. | 29 Aug, 2009 |
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The topic is complex. No way to do it justice with what will fit in the text field in a game clue. Names evolve over time: words shrink, or are fused. Words are dropped from phrases. Some of the names come from one language through another.
Names can be direct or indirect references, and some (especially the indirect references can be lengthy).
I've abridged several of the translations, but tried to keep the meanings. See the links below for further information.
More on the topic (including the map):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_name_etymologies
Map alone:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:US_State_Name_Etymologies4.png
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