Comments on: City Names and How They Got Them http://www.lataco.com/taco/city-names-and-how-they-got-them "Celebrating the Taco lifestyle in Los Angeles" Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:33:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: frankiely http://www.lataco.com/taco/city-names-and-how-they-got-them/comment-page-1#comment-45209 frankiely Tue, 03 Jul 2007 16:40:56 +0000 http://www.lataco.com/taco/city-names-and-how-they-got-them#comment-45209 Oops! Pardon my French sir! Une heroine in French means a female hero. I thought you used that word too in English but it looks like in your language it means something very different that Miss Califa probably used in order to tame and ride wild beasts. :) Oops! Pardon my French sir! Une heroine in French means a female hero. I thought you used that word too in English but it looks like in your language it means something very different that Miss Califa probably used in order to tame and ride wild beasts. :)

]]> By: Hadley http://www.lataco.com/taco/city-names-and-how-they-got-them/comment-page-1#comment-45126 Hadley Tue, 03 Jul 2007 06:48:47 +0000 http://www.lataco.com/taco/city-names-and-how-they-got-them#comment-45126 Look lady, don't mention heroin unless you got some. Look lady, don’t mention heroin unless you got some.

]]> By: frankiely http://www.lataco.com/taco/city-names-and-how-they-got-them/comment-page-1#comment-45097 frankiely Tue, 03 Jul 2007 03:27:18 +0000 http://www.lataco.com/taco/city-names-and-how-they-got-them#comment-45097 Check out this interesting website for the origin of state names. State names are mostly inspired by Native American words or English royalties but the sweetest thing is that California owes its name to a heroin of literature called Queen Califa who tamed and rode wild beasts and inspired real life conquerors to venture into the unknown and discover her land of treasures. Origin of state names: http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0854966.html?mail-08-29 Excerpt from book about Queen Califa: http://www.califa.org/index2.php?option=content&do_pdf=1&id=15 Check out this interesting website for the origin of state names. State names are mostly inspired by Native American words or English royalties but the sweetest thing is that California owes its name to a heroin of literature called Queen Califa who tamed and rode wild beasts and inspired real life conquerors to venture into the unknown and discover her land of treasures.

Origin of state names:
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0854966.html?mail-08-29

Excerpt from book about Queen Califa:

http://www.califa.org/index2.php?option=content&do_pdf=1&id=15

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