Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-05-12

While Ignorance may content to roam
Der secrets locked in ponderous tome.
Ural" means girt or belt as ap
piled TO the Ural mountains.
Phil means friendly or brother
ly. as Philadelphia, the city of broth
erly love.
Puebla" means town, as Puebla
nueva, new town, or Puebla viego
old town.
Nevada" means white with snow
Sierra Nevada" clad noun
tain chain.
.lOll" is the German for low anG
doubtless suggested the name fOl
Holland
Saut" or Sault." means water.
fall. as Saut Ste. Marie is the fall oil
St. Mary, on our Canadian border.
Mouth usually denotes location
at the mouth of some river or estua.
ry, as plymouth" mouth of the
Plym.
The term Almighty Dollar" is
the heritage of Washington Irving,
as term implying American passion
for gain.
LadrOn" or Ladrone," means
thief or thieves; so the islands oil
that name have to bear this rather ig.
noble lineage.
Polls" means city, as Indianapo-
lis, Indian-city; metropolis" large
city, and Minneapolis" city OF the
laughing water.
Port" means simply a place Ol
shipping, usually added to tie dis.
tinctive name. in prefix or suffix, as
Portland or Bridgeport.
The ancient Celtic name of Eng
land was Allyn. meaning high island
from which it has been given the
present appellation of Albion.
"Pe" in Chinese means north, as
Peking, northern place of residence
or city; nang means southern, as
Nangking. the southern capitol.
Himalaya" signifies cold or snowy
and doubtless led to the designation
OF the highest range OF mountains on
the globe, between India and Thlbet.
The terminal hurst" signifies
wood or forest, as Lynden- hurst, for.
est on the river Lynn; Brad-hurst. y
broad forest, or Brock hurst" for.
est on the brook. etc.
Coupee" is from the French, and
signifies cutoff. as Point Coupee. 1t
may be possible. likewise. that this
popularity has led to its application
to certain class of abbreviated vehicles.
" Cerro" means peak or point;
Cerro Gordo, a mountain peake or
pass. Costa" or cote" used as
a syllable of landmarks, signifies the
coast region, as costa Rica," rich
coast. Cote dor" gold coast.
OF Californian names, Buena
Vista" means fine view, "Buena
Ventura, a safe chance, Los Ange-
los." the angels, Santa Cruz, the
holy cross, and lies Gatos." the
cats" The appellation of far-ofi
a" Buenos Ayers" signifies fine air.
By" is a terminal used in Scot
lnnd and the north of England, sig
nifying proximity to towns of the
generic name. as Derby" Ash
BY" Rugby. Fenby" and Kirk
by" signifying. best-town, ash-town,
Derwent (river )-town and church
town.
The prefix ALTA" used in the no.
menclatnre of California. means sim
ply upper" and distinguishes the
higher. from the lower divisions ol
the State. The same word, in mon.
golian parlance. means gold. as "Alta
yen Oola," tho Golden Mountain,
Bltanor," the Golden Lake.
New Albion" is a term generally
given to An extensive tract on the
northwest coast of North America.
1t was originally applied by Sir Fran
els Drake, in 1873. to California, but
it was afterwards extended to the
district embraced in Oregon and
Washington to 48th deg. north lati.
itude.
THE New A Atlantis" was an allegor.
ical fiction of Lord Bacon, who gave
it as the name of an island in the
middle OF the Atlantic ocean. He
represents himself as having been
wrecked thereon and finding an as.