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California Place Names : The Origin and Etymology of Current Geographical Names
California Place Names The Origin and Etymology of Current Geographical Names
Author: Erwin G. Gudde
Absco, a Southern Pacific station, was coined in the 1920s from the name of the American Beet Sugar Company, which had a factory in Oxnard.Pochea is an Indian village site in Riverside County, said to mean "where the rabbit went in."Siskiyou was the Chinook word for 'bobtailed horse,' originally taken over from the Cree lang...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780520242173
ISBN-10: 0520242173
Publication Date: 5/10/2004
Pages: 460
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Publisher: University of California Press
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