WHAT’S IN A NAME?

National Geographic has created a cool interactive map of America which lists all of the place names derived from Native American words. While most refer to the various qualities of a place’s natural surroundings, a bunch of names suggest more amusing origins such as “ At the skunk place,” “Good place to dig potatoes,” “The place where dung is found,” “Pregnant Women,” “They are killers,” “Person of dirty water,” “He who misses jackrabbits when shooting them,” “The worthless people” and “Let’s have intercourse” which apparently was the original name of Loleta, California.