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This thread inspired me to do some research on place names where I grew up, and I discovered that "Aptos" is one of only three locations in the county that have maintained their original Indian names from the Ohlone people. There used to be an Ohlone village where (what is ironically called) Aptos Village is now. Of course by this point, after the Spanish missions and their genocides not to mention America's expansion west and seizure of all lands, there is precious little remaining of those people. I've always loved names from native sources, they often have a beautiful ring. Bit sad though too to look around and see that nothing really remains to show that they were even here
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Ugly In The Morning posted:What was Worcester, MA named for? I hope it’s something that ties into it being a godawful shithole. Definitely sounds like old English so probably just named after some random English town
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