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59 Cards in this Set
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Minneapolis
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minne: Sioux word meaning "water"
polis: Greek word meaning "city" |
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Crimea
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kremnoi: Russian word meaning "crags" or "rocky cliffs"
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Illinois
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Illini: Indian word meaning "the men"
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Chicago
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She-kag-ong, an Indian word meaning wild onion, garlic, or skunk. Some translate it as "strong" or "great"
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Galena
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town in Illinois whose name is the Latin word for "sulphide of lead"
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Australia
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australis: Latin for "south"
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Istanbul
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"Abounding in True Faith"
islam: true believing bul: copious |
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Czech
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beginners
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Niger
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from Berber name
"N-eghirreu," from which comes "ghir," meaning "river" |
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Syria
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from the Assyrian chief god, Assur
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Europe
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named for Europa, a Phoenician princess of Greek mythology who was abducted to Crete by Zeus in the form of a bull
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Czechoslovakia
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land of the first slavs
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Oregon
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from the French word for "hurricane"
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Luxembourg
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Little Castle (Lutzelburg)
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Brazil
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braza: Portuguese word for "live coal"
(explorers found a type of wood that produced a bright, red dye) |
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St. Tropez
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named in honor of Torpes, the legendary Christian in the court of Nero in AD 68
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Indian name of the longest tributary of the St. Croix River
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Namekagon: "Place of the Sturgeon"
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Argentina
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argentum: Latin for "silver"
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Sardinia
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named for first inhabitants, the Sardi, which comes from Phoenician term "sarado," meaning "footprint"
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Venezuela
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Spanish for "Little Venice"
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Azores
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acores: Portuguese for hawks
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Edinburgh
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Edwin's Fortress, named for Anglo-Saxon King Edwin of Northumberland
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Romania
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from "Romani," or "Romans"
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Scandinavia
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Land of Darkness, from "skadino," meaning "dark"
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Nevada
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Snow-covered
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Bethlehem
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"House of Bread"
Hebrew: Beit lechem |
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Curral das Freiras (Madeira)
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"Corral of the Nuns"
place where nuns hid when the island was attacked by pirates |
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York
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from Eoforwic, "Wild Boar Town"
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Gibraltar
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named for Berber leader, Tarik; in Arabic the name is Gibel-al-Tarik, meaning "Mountain of Tarik"
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Boise
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French for "Timber"
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Volga
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Slavonic word "wolkoi," meaning "great"; some translate it as "holy"
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Cordova
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Great City (cara-tuba)
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Jerusalem
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Yerushalayim: Hebrew for "City of Peace"
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Kabul (Afghanistan)
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Persian word meaning "the warehouse"
(was a major stop on the trade routes between east and west) |
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Sierra Nevada
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Snow-covered Mountain Range
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Altai
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from Mongolian words Altain ula, "Mountains of Gold"
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Pico Ruiva (Madeira)
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Purple Peak
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Cuzco
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Incan word meaning "the central place"
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Nullarbor Plain, Australia
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nulla arbor: Latin for "No Trees"
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Hangchow
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Dry District
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Japan
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Sun-Origin Kingdom, or Zipangu
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Brussels
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"House in the Marsh"
brouch: marsh seli: house |
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Nile
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Valley
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Vermont
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Green Mountain (French)
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Nauvoo
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Morman leader Joseph Smith called this town in Illinois "Beautiful Place" in Hebrew
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Virginia
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named for Queen Elizabeth I, the "Virgin Queen"
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Pacific
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pacificus: Latin for "peace"
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Rome
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Legend says it is named for the mythological character, Romulus, but probably came from Latin word "groma," meaning "crossroads"
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Aegean
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aegea: Latin for "goat"
(the sea once had in it an island shaped like a goat) |
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Baton Rouge
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Red Stick
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Himalaya
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Home of the Snow
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Timbuktu
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Hollow
(built in a hollow among sandhills) |
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Moulin Rouge
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Red Mill
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Funchal (Madeira)
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derived from Portuguese "funcho," meaning "fennel," which grows wild in the area
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Pennsylvania
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Penn's Wood
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Las Vegas
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The Meadows, or The Fertile Valleys
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Florence
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"flowering"
Latin: Florentia Italian: Firenze |
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Ilha da Madeira
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Island of Wood
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Sierra Madre
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Mountain Range Mother
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