Word Origin and History of Lake Erie: "A lake between the northeast central United States and southeast central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 square miles (25,745 square km). "One of the Great Lakes, named for a native Iroquoian people who lived nearby, from French Erie, shortening of Rhiienhonons, said to mean 'raccoon nation', perhaps in reference to a totemic animal." http: //www.dictionary.com/browse/lake--erie Jedidiah Morse; The American Gazetteer: Exhibiting, in Alphabetical Order, a Much...
Word Origin and History of Lake Erie: "A lake between the northeast central United States and southeast central Canada: the southernmost lake of the G...
Word Origin of Mumbai: "A seaport in and the capital of Maharashtra, in west India, on the Arabian Sea." http: //www.dictionary.com/browse/mumbai Word Origin and History of Bombay: "City in western India, from Portuguese, and popularly explained as Portuguese bom bahia 'good bay', but that seems folk etymology (for one, the adjective is masculine and the noun is feminine), and the more likely candidate is the local Mumbadevi 'Goddess Mumba', a Hindu deity worshipped there. The city's name officially changed to Mumbai in 1995." http: //www.dictionary.com/browse/bombay R Johnson; The new...
Word Origin of Mumbai: "A seaport in and the capital of Maharashtra, in west India, on the Arabian Sea." http: //www.dictionary.com/browse/mumbai Word...