[DOC] [TLE] Conquistador - Wikipedia [PAR] Conquistadors /kkstdrz is a term used to refer to the soldiers and 
explorers of the ... Portugal established a route to China in the early 16th century, 
sending ships via the ... For example, Ionnis Foks (known as Juan de Fuca) 
was a Castilian of Greek origin who discovered the strait that bears his name 
between... [DOC] [TLE] Origin of Names of US States - Bureau of Indian Affairs [PAR] called the Alabamas or Alibamons, who in turn gave the name to a riv~r from ... 
might have come from the Spanish word meaning "rad" or "ruddy," describing ... 
One is that it was so ca1led by early explorers after the ... for the large river. : ,~::". [DOC] [TLE] Origin of Washington Geographic Names (Continued) - JStor [PAR] the mill the name Seatco, an Indian word supposed to mean "ghost" or "devil." 
Coal was ... ays that this combination name was first proposed as early as 1873 
but that Mr. Shead ..... George Vancouver, the English explorer, gave names to a 
number of the most prominent ...... He came upon a large river which he said the
... [DOC] [TLE] Origin of State Names - Barrington 220 [PAR] The Spanish explorers originally thought that California may have been an island
. ... Lake Michigan was named by European explorers in the 1670s. ... From the 
Chippewa Indian word meaning either large river or Father of Waters. .... An 
English form of the name that French explorer Samuel de Champlain gave to... [DOC] [TLE] Columbia River: Description, Creation, and Discovery [PAR] Oct 31, 2008 ... For its first approximately 150 miles (241 kilometers) in the United States, ... He 
gave the man instructions about hunting and fishing, and when the man ... to 
have its origin in the Yakima Basalt of the Columbia River Basalt Group, .... Word 
of the value of sea otter pelts  they were softer and finer than any... [DOC] [TLE] South American Place Names. - ProQuest [PAR] The Spanish name is Cabo dc I1ornos, meaning "cape of thel ovens," not horns, 
... forming a part of the ocean, not realiz- ing that it was the mouth of a large river. 
... Similarly, the air of Buenos Aires, Spanish for "good airs," so impressed the first 
settlers that ... Somele people believe that this word gave us the word Andes. [DOC] [TLE] The Columbia River - Columbia River, Washington/Oregon [PAR] Click image to enlarge, Lewis and Clark's first view of the great Columbia River. 
... Many theories as to the meaning of "Oregon" exist. ... Captain Gray gave this 
river the name of Columbia's River, and the north side of the entrance ... Spanish 
maritime explorer Martin de Auguilar located a major river at near the 42nd 
parallel. [DOC] [TLE] Terlingua NAME | Terlingua City Limits [PAR] The theories I've heard when I first started to wonder about the name origin in 
1992  that Terlingua means three tongues or three languages (English, Spanish
, ... This gave me a lot of incentive to search for old maps and look in every book 
on the ... touch with early explorers as it clearly shows in the early maps and 
diaries. [DOC] [TLE] Origin of Washington Geographic Names [PAR] The early explorers used the names of individual persons ..... and the Indian 
jargon word Alki, meaning "by and bye." New York-. Alki meant .... The railroad 
engineer gave the name because it was the summit of ...... He came upon a large 
river. [DOC] [TLE] Colorado Magazine Vol. 8 No. 2 (March 1931) - History Colorado [PAR] It was a motley throng which gave voice as well as other louder ..... The musical 
Spanish names that cover the map of southern ... recall and record the days of 
early 8panish exploration and con- quest in the region. The few names of French 
origin indicate the ..... Rio Grande County (1874) was named for the large river of. [DOC] [TLE] The Hudson River and its Early Names [PAR] When explorers and colonists crossed

Question: Early explorers gave it a Spanish name meaning "large river"
Answer: the Rio Grande