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- It is generally accepted that the name derives from Amerigo Vespucci, the Italian explorer, who explored the new continents in the following years on behalf of Spain and Portugal.
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The naming of the Americas, or America, occurred shortly after Christopher Columbus 's first voyage to the Americas in 1492. It is generally accepted that the name derives from Amerigo Vespucci, the Italian explorer, who explored the new continents in the following years on behalf of Spain and Portugal. However, some have suggested other ...
March (Martius) was named for Mars, the god of war, because this was the month when active military campaigns resumed. May (Maius) and June (Junius) were also named for goddesses Maia and Juno. April (Aprilis) is thought to stem from the Latin aperio, meaning “to open”—a reference to the opening buds of springtime.
Jun 26, 2019 · Slowly, the bikini made its way across the pond. In 1960, Brian Hyland released the hit song “Itsy Bitsy, Teenie Weenie, Yellow Polka Dot Bikini,” a catchy tune that described a young woman ...
- Tina Donvito
Jun 18, 2018 · The modern-day name for Russia (Rossiya) is derived from the Greek word for the Rus’. As the Kievan Rus’ was evolving and separating into different states, what we now know as Russia was being called Rus’ and Russkaya Zemlya (the land of the Rus’). Finally, when the rulers of the Grand Duchy of Moscow united, some of the former Kievan ...
- Marta Wiejak
May 14, 2021 · Without having time to think of something more clever, the cook named the snack after himself, Ignacio — "Nacho" for short. The Sun-Sentinel reports a variation on the story; Anaya's son claims it was Finan who dubbed the dish "Nacho's Especiales," later shortened to just nachos.
Apr 21, 2024 · German astronomer Johann Elert Bode proposed the name Uranus in March 1782. He argued that the name followed the mythology of the other planet names, as Uranus was the father of Saturn, similar to Saturn being the father of Jupiter. Exactly why Bode proposed the Latinized name Uranus over the Greek name for the god of the sky ( Ouranus) is unclear.
