tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post663237719512383447..comments2024-03-28T05:05:17.133-07:00Comments on SearchReSearch: SearchResearch Challenge (8/23/17): How can we find place names even after they've changed? Dan Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13603209997260423532noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-23389312029509991382017-09-22T21:52:43.695-07:002017-09-22T21:52:43.695-07:001. Los Angeles, but in the 1600s, it might have be...1. Los Angeles, but in the 1600s, it might have been called Cahuenga by one of the many tribes that inhabited the region. The big breakthrough in my research was realizing that in the 1600s Los Angeles was inhabited by native tribes. After finding the names of tribes native to the area, I focused on the ___ tribe. Searching [G___ language dictionary] pulled up a resource that referenced the name of a G__ town, Cahuenga.A secondary wikipedia search of the town cited a database that is a gold mine for questions like these: the Geographic Names Information System, a federal repository of domestic geographic names data.<br /><br />2. For the first question, a quick Wikipedia search tells us that Humqaq is a headland along the Pacific coast of the U.S. state of California, located in southwestern Santa Barbara County. As for the second, this information was much more difficult to find. After a lot of unproductive searching I landed on [early settlements chumash] which let to a chronology of California’s earliest settlers. In the 1500s, Santa Barbara was referred to Syuhtun, by the Chumash people.<br /><br />3. A Wikipedia article explains that Obuda was a city in Hungary that is now part of modern day Budapest. <br /><br />4. Tanganyika. After finding a reference to the merging of Tanganyika and Zanzibar, I searched images to confirm that Dar Es Salaam was part of Tanganyika and found a very detailed map from Encyclopedia Britannica: https://www.britannica.com/place/Tanganyika. This map dating back to 1914 confirms this answer.<br /><br />5. Boma. Again Wikipedia, an article for Zaire referenced that the country was called Congo Free State in 1900. A click through to that name pulled up Boma as the capital.<br />Aileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11298132219105693720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-51174642461169908202017-08-25T16:49:57.894-07:002017-08-25T16:49:57.894-07:00Istanbul (Not Constantinople) THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS...<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsQrKZcYtqg" rel="nofollow">Istanbul (Not Constantinople) THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS</a><br /><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/bosphorus-strait-istanbul-turkey-black-sea-bright-blue-plankton-superbloom-emiliania-huxleyi-a7791211.html" rel="nofollow">blue - The Bosphorus Strait</a><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COlM8HoXHGI" rel="nofollow">the SF Bay of Turkey</a><br /><a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/roads/2017/08/life_in_haebangchon_seoul_s_transforming_little_pyongyang_neighborhood.html" rel="nofollow">meeting point</a><br /><a href="http://www.eurasianet.org/" rel="nofollow">area not well covered in the west</a><br /><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/us-kazakhstan-aral-idUSKBN18S4ZV" rel="nofollow">a small rebound</a><br /><a href="https://earthshots.usgs.gov/earthshots/node/91#ad-image-35" rel="nofollow">USGS</a><br /><a href="http://www.cnn.com/travel/article/10-things-about-congo/index.html" rel="nofollow"> Kinshasa </a><br />remmijhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17985809654574916217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-9643317745686829032017-08-25T14:41:36.299-07:002017-08-25T14:41:36.299-07:00I was wondering if you'd missed that! Nice ca...I was wondering if you'd missed that! Nice catch.Dan Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13603209997260423532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-39927304609493937992017-08-25T14:22:03.501-07:002017-08-25T14:22:03.501-07:005. missed this: Boma was the capital of Congo Free...5. missed this: Boma was the capital of Congo Free State. Wikipedia: Boma, Democratic Republic of the Congo until 1926jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06450649073262987652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-65417786745591926902017-08-25T13:19:29.497-07:002017-08-25T13:19:29.497-07:001. I knew that is Los Angeles. http://articles.lat...1. I knew that is Los Angeles. http://articles.latimes.com/2005/mar/26/local/me-name26 has an article explaining the many names possibley used. Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo named this natural harbor Bahia de los Fumos or "Bay of Smokes." On October 8, 1542, when Cabrillo noted in his log that the bay "is an excellent harbor and the country is good with many plains and groves of trees," Port of Los Angeles. No idea what the locals called it.<br /><br />2. [hunqaq] wikipedia finds Cabrillo in 1542 named it Cabo de Galera. No idea what the inhabitants called it though.<br /><br />3. [obuda] finds Wikipedia was a city in Hungary now merged into Budapest<br /><br />4. [dar es salaam] wikipedia finds its in Tanzania<br /><br />5. [Zaire] wikipedia finds Congo. further clicking says it was Congo Free State from 1885 to 1908.<br /><br />6. [historical gazetteers] finds https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gazetteer which halfway down the page has a listing of online world gazetteers. I found that http://geonames.nga.mil/namesviewer/ worked well<br /><br />However, Wikipedia was good too.jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06450649073262987652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-41946777557806185252017-08-25T12:40:40.150-07:002017-08-25T12:40:40.150-07:00Tried using "database" and similar terms...Tried using "database" and similar terms with no results at the moment. <br /><br />[cities countries renamed through time online]<br /><br /><a href="http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/first.shtml" rel="nofollow">Nations Online (Home)</a> Site shows Historical countries name, for example, among other data.<br /><br />[cities countries renamed history]<br /><br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_country_and_capital_changes" rel="nofollow">Timeline of country and capital changes</a><br /><br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_world_map_changes" rel="nofollow">Another list:Timeline of world map changes </a><br />Ramon Gonzalezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16129830563029534511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-16179206298208575642017-08-25T12:36:46.354-07:002017-08-25T12:36:46.354-07:00[Wikipedia:] "From 1886 until 1926, the Gover...[Wikipedia:]<i> "From 1886 until 1926, the Governor-general and his administration were posted in Boma, near the Congo River estuary. From 1926, the colonial capital moved to Léopoldville, some 300 km further upstream in the interior. The government abandoned the use of colonial place names in 1966: Léopoldville was renamed as Kinshasa, Elisabethville as Lubumbashi, Stanleyville as Kisangani.<br />Zaire collapsed in the 1990s, amid the destabilization of the eastern parts of the state in the aftermath of the Rwandan Genocide and growing ethnic violence. In 1996,Laurent-Désiré Kabila, the head of the Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo (AFDL) militia, led a popular rebellion against Mobutu. With rebel forces successfully making gains beyond the east, Mobutu fled the country, leaving Kabila's forces in charge as the country restored its name to the Democratic Republic of the Congo the following year. Mobutu died within four months after he fled into exile in Morocco."</i><br />Albert l, Leopold ll's nephew, standing, far right… the statue thing isn't new… Leopold ll makes R.E.L. & Traveler look like a 'piker'… <a href="http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-pik1.htm" rel="nofollow">'a piker', not a pickled packer</a><br /><a href="http://imgur.com/a/x6W7R" rel="nofollow">18 kings… "Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown", from Shakespeare's play Henry IV, Part 2</a><br /><a href="https://youtu.be/EfjbbuKUqak" rel="nofollow">3:03 - Frank is a prince… and heavy is coming… being a monarch encourages a certain kind of insanity/delusion</a><br /><a href="http://www.7sur7.be/7s7/fr/1502/Belgique/article/detail/410285/2008/09/09/La-statue-de-Leopold-II-voit-rouge.dhtml" rel="nofollow">statue of Leopold II</a><br /><a href="https://youtu.be/xG6GbBoZGNg" rel="nofollow">video 2008</a><br /><a href="http://tinyurl.com/y84rb5g8" rel="nofollow">leopold 2 SERP</a><br /><a href="http://all-that-is-interesting.com/leopold-ii-congo" rel="nofollow">the terror-rific, peace loving Euros…</a><br /><a href="http://rarehistoricalphotos.com/rescued-slaves-crowd-deck-hms-daphne-1868/" rel="nofollow">HMS Daphne, 1868</a><br /><a href="http://rarehistoricalphotos.com/bananas-norway-1905/" rel="nofollow">bananas in Norway around the same time… Bama</a><br /><a href="http://www.bama.no/kampanjer/banan/" rel="nofollow">ongoing</a>remmijhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17985809654574916217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-22436608666414441982017-08-25T08:30:57.724-07:002017-08-25T08:30:57.724-07:004. What was the name of the country where the city...4. What was the name of the country where the city of Dar Es Salaam is... before 1964? (That is, if you're looking for historical documents about the city of Dar Es Salaam, what country do you need to look for?) <br /><br />[Dar Es Salaam]<br /><br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dar_es_Salaam" rel="nofollow">Dar es Salaam data </a> I almost made same mistake in Q1. So re-read before writing my answer.<br /><br />To verify: [Tanzania previous name]<br /><br /><a href="https://www.britannica.com/place/Tanzania/History" rel="nofollow">Tanzania’s History</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.britannica.com/place/Dar-es-Salaam" rel="nofollow">Not Capital anymore</a><br /><br /><b>Answer </b>German East Africa became Tanganyika and got independence in 1961. Then, Tanganyika and Zanzibar merged to form Tanzania. Therefore we need to search for Tanganyika.<br /><br />5. What was the name of the capital of Zaire in 1900?<br /><br />[Zaire capitals through history]<br /><br /><a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-13286306" rel="nofollow">Timeline</a><br /><br />Went to Wikipedia article<br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaire" rel="nofollow">Searched with Ctrl-f</a> for “Capital” and then the Capital<br /><br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinshasa" rel="nofollow">Searched with Ctrl-f</a> “Renamed” <br /><br /><b>Answer </b><br /><br />The actual Zaire was “Democratic Republic of the Congo” in 1900 and the Capital was: Léopoldville. In 1966, Léopoldville was renamed Kinshasa<br /><br />Posting at this moment, notice new posts by Remmij. I'll read them. Thanks, RemmijRamon Gonzalezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16129830563029534511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-66500762895184353692017-08-24T21:52:34.748-07:002017-08-24T21:52:34.748-07:00a sampling… not seeming simpler…
The Avila Adobe H...a sampling… not seeming simpler…<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tsvp6L3A3ug" rel="nofollow">The Avila Adobe House</a><br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avila_Adobe" rel="nofollow">1818</a><br /><a href="https://www.dunnedwards.com/colors/specs/posts/making-history-avila-adobe-las-oldest-home" rel="nofollow">Olvera Street</a><br /><a href="https://goo.gl/maps/NPBhiDNECX22" rel="nofollow">a tour</a><br /><a href="https://www.instagram.com/snoopdogg/" rel="nofollow">Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. snoopdogg prepping for Vegas Sat.</a><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/VerneTroyer/status/900845191623360514" rel="nofollow">Conor M has supporters too…</a><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/TheNotoriousMMA/status/900232458108641281" rel="nofollow">beats</a><br /><a href="https://jordanbpeterson.com/" rel="nofollow">this guy seems sideways with YT/Goo</a><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/JordanPetersonVideos/videos" rel="nofollow">his channel which disappeared for a bit…</a><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/jordanbpeterson" rel="nofollow">the social exposure</a>remmijhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17985809654574916217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-21032205659225090632017-08-24T20:39:15.710-07:002017-08-24T20:39:15.710-07:0016 years later, after Drake/New Albion… interestin...16 years later, after Drake/New Albion… interesting timeline find Ramón<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=651tPiYBFRQ" rel="nofollow">The San Agustin</a><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oH9Dozp2Upg" rel="nofollow">a bit more detail</a><br /><a href="https://www.nps.gov/archeology/sites/statesubmerged/california.htm" rel="nofollow">NPS - then the NPS site is down… the Russian hackers again? or something more nefarious|pedestrian?</a><br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_of_California#Marin_County" rel="nofollow">wiki list</a><br /><a href="https://goo.gl/maps/HR59qE2VbUD2" rel="nofollow">37°59'48.4"N 123°01'11.4"W</a><br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manila_galleon" rel="nofollow">the Manila route</a><br /><a href="http://www.treasureexpeditions.com/manila_galleons.htm" rel="nofollow">legal restrictions</a>remmijhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17985809654574916217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-40670177810218824732017-08-24T19:17:58.736-07:002017-08-24T19:17:58.736-07:00…continuing the orbital digression/decay
TAFKAP si...…continuing the orbital digression/decay<br /><a href="http://imgur.com/a/7zpma" rel="nofollow">TAFKAP singing on the Moon - click magnify</a><br /><a href="http://tinyurl.com/ybmaz297" rel="nofollow">doing the image/symbol search SERP</a><br /><a href="https://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/apollo/apollo12/hires/as12-46-6795.jpg" rel="nofollow">P has left the Moon</a><br /><a href="https://www.wired.com/2016/04/designers-came-princes-love-symbol-one-night/" rel="nofollow">love symbol - a back story</a><br />into type/text/font @ the image/text interface…<br /><a href="http://mentalfloss.com/article/78948/now-you-can-get-princes-love-symbol-font" rel="nofollow">it should be easier… Ƭ̵̬̊ </a><br /><a href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/tech/heres-keyboard-shortcut-make-princes-7811187" rel="nofollow"> Ƭ̵̬̊ </a><br /><a href="https://www.bustle.com/articles/156480-3-ways-to-type-princes-symbol-name-from-a-font-to-old-fashioned-unicode" rel="nofollow">alts</a><br />♫♪♪♩<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvdMJAs5NRM" rel="nofollow">the glitchyness seems appropriate</a><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdFDs_aEoJw" rel="nofollow">w/o glitch</a><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYYRH4apXDo" rel="nofollow">D.B. – not Cooper</a><br /><a href="https://youtu.be/NOG3eus4ZSo" rel="nofollow">SP-T,T… also lunar related</a><br /><a href="https://youtu.be/wLHmoXrLuq4" rel="nofollow">& kinda looney too - the festival - Luna Lee, no relation to R.E. (courtesy of Philip DeFranco)</a>remmijhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17985809654574916217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-9039074896276371392017-08-24T14:15:41.045-07:002017-08-24T14:15:41.045-07:00When I posted my previous comment, thought why not...When I posted my previous comment, thought why not to try: <br /><br />[place city name change over time]<br /><br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_city_name_changes" rel="nofollow">This is a list of cities and towns whose names were officially changed at one or more points in history.</a> There searched with Ctr-F "Mexico" and others like "California" and found: El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de la Porciuncula → Los Angeles. So I think that you asked for this and not for the Italy's site. <br /><br />Went to Wikipedia link and found <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles" rel="nofollow">Los Angeles</a> In 1771, Franciscan friar Junípero Serra directed the building of the Mission San Gabriel Arcángel, the first mission in the area.[25] On September 4, 1781, a group of forty-four settlers known as "Los Pobladores" founded the pueblo they called "El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles de Porciúncula;" in English, this translates as "The Town of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels of Porciúncula."<br /><br />Father Junipero has been already on some of SRS Challenges.<br /><br />[Los Angeles california name through history]<br /><br /><a href="http://www.laalmanac.com/history/hi03a.php" rel="nofollow">Where Did the Name Los Angeles Come From?</a> <br /><br /><a href="http://cogweb.ucla.edu/Chumash/California_First_Europeans.html" rel="nofollow">New Albion (1579) Not exactly Los Angeles</a> <br /><br /><a href="http://cogweb.ucla.edu/Chumash/LosAngeles.html" rel="nofollow">A permanent colonial settlement was established on 4 September 1781 as El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora de los Angeles di Porciúncula. It was named in honor of the shrine to the Virgin Mary, Santa Maria degli Angeli, Our Lady of the Angels, on the plain below Assisi, Saint Francis' native village in Italy</a>Ramon Gonzalezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16129830563029534511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-50795660794796991522017-08-24T13:53:23.474-07:002017-08-24T13:53:23.474-07:00More about Q6:
[toponymy change through time]
T...More about Q6: <br /><br />[toponymy change through time]<br /><br /><a href="https://www.cartographersguild.com/showthread.php?t=38299" rel="nofollow">The change of names over time</a> Site links to: <br /><br /><a href="http://www.omnimap.com/catalog/int/kalimedia.htm" rel="nofollow">Atlas of names</a> Samples look interesting but maps have a price. Therefore, not the answer we looking for this Challenge. <br /><br />[atlas of names]<br /><br /><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/7-cool-maps-that-show-the-literal-meaning-of-state-and-country-names-2013-6" rel="nofollow">These Maps Show The True Meaning Of Places Around The World</a> Some names are very funny. <br />Ramon Gonzalezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16129830563029534511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-36523764475355465762017-08-24T10:39:43.721-07:002017-08-24T10:39:43.721-07:00took 5-6 searches for basic answers, more to flesh...took 5-6 searches for basic answers, more to flesh out, confirm, run down points of interest… didn't find a satisfying result for #6 - wikipedia comes the closest?<br />(btw, <i>"Changes in SearchResearch. (Simpler Challenges…)"</i> doesn't seem that much simpler - not a complaint…)<br /><a href="http://www.angelfire.com/sk/syukhtun/westgate.html" rel="nofollow"> Humqaq - western gate, Womponamon/Montauk - the eastern gate</a><br /><a href="http://www.angelfire.com/sk/syukhtun/syuk.html#picto" rel="nofollow"> Syukhtun - rock art </a><br /><a href="http://tinyurl.com/ydh9yatx" rel="nofollow">portal</a><br /><a href="https://calisphere.org/item/ark:/13030/kt0489n483/" rel="nofollow"> Avikwame/Mohave </a><br /><a href="http://tinyurl.com/ybn3wgpy" rel="nofollow"> Avikwame - Noah - Oatman Massacre</a><br />Boma/Léopoldville (since renamed Kinshasa) nexus<br /><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/Hezekiah_Andrew_Shanu-Anciens_rois_de_Boma.jpg" rel="nofollow">worth looking large - the Nine Kings of Boma, Congo Free State, c. 1890,</a><br /><a href="http://tinyurl.com/ydc6lhnj" rel="nofollow">'In and Out of Focus: Images from Central Africa, 1885-1960'</a><br /><a href="http://historyofafricaotherwise.blogspot.com/2011/05/hezekiah-shanu-andrew-first-victim-of.html" rel="nofollow">Hezekiah Shanu Andrew</a><br />not a bad reference, but still requires further search<br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_city_name_changes#.C2.A0Turkey" rel="nofollow"> • Byzantion → Byzantium → Constantinopolis/Constantinople → Konstantiniyye → Istanbul</a><br /><a href="http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199580897.001.0001/acref-9780199580897" rel="nofollow">promising, but subscription</a><br />after reading Anne's comment:<br /><a href="https://www.kcet.org/shows/lost-la/why-did-a-1542-spanish-voyage-refer-to-san-pedro-bay-as-the-bay-of-the-smoke" rel="nofollow">Baya de los Fumos, or Bay of the Smoke</a><br /><a href="http://www.laalmanac.com/geography/ge13.php" rel="nofollow">L.A. specific derivations</a><br /><a href="http://soda.sou.edu/awdata/030731c1.pdf" rel="nofollow">CALIFORNIA PLACE NAMES OF INDIAN ORIGIN</a><br />fwiw - early discarded TAFKAP design - too zoomorphic?<br /><a href="http://imgur.com/a/Z96oq" rel="nofollow">double Paisley Park </a><br /><a href="http://www.3dmekanlar.com/blue_mosque.htm" rel="nofollow">just for grins - the Blue Mosque</a><br /><a href="http://clpmag.org/article.php?article=Dawn-in-Istanbul_00212" rel="nofollow">dawn in 'bul</a><br /><a href="http://clpmag.org/topic.php" rel="nofollow">kinda interesting, Seattle Globalist!</a><br />alt search tools…<br /><a href="http://tinyurl.com/y9vfdx74" rel="nofollow">this might be more my speed - Kiddle</a><br /><a href="https://www.kiddle.co/i.php?q=blue+mosque#gsc.tab=1&gsc.q=blue%20mosque&gsc.page=1" rel="nofollow">example - Blue Mosque</a><br /><a href="https://www.topuniversities.com/blog/33-useful-websites-students" rel="nofollow">more 'kids'</a><br /><a href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/10-search-engines-kids-parents-safe-browsing/" rel="nofollow">search filters</a><br />curious - wondered about the filters and what is in & out… besides burgers <a href="https://ideas.lego.com/projects/dcaf2e3d-9d03-41bf-9ba1-0a1f77d59327" rel="nofollow">IN-N-OUT</a><br /><a href="http://imgur.com/a/5IToY" rel="nofollow">sex & nazis strike out - full circle</a><br /><a href="http://imgur.com/a/fPpKi" rel="nofollow">Jeff Koons, Gazing Ball (Tintoretto The Origin of the Milky Way)</a><br />tried a couple on kiddle - stumbled onto the misspelling glitch… who decides?<br /><a href="http://imgur.com/a/Z4yxh" rel="nofollow">would think spelling errors would be rather common</a><br />…but I digressremmijhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17985809654574916217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-24093659516097592192017-08-24T08:21:41.956-07:002017-08-24T08:21:41.956-07:00Hello Dr. Russell and everyone
1. Where is El Pue...Hello Dr. Russell and everyone<br /><br />1. Where is El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles de Porciúncula? What is that city called today? What would that place have been called in 1600?<br /><br />[Porciúncula] <br /><br /><a href="http://www.franciscanos.org/santuarios/bellucci.htm" rel="nofollow">SANTA MARÍA DE LOS ÁNGELES EN LA PORCIÚNCULA </a><br /><br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porziuncola" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia</a> Italian version mentions Los Angeles got the name from this Church.<br /><br />[Assisi region previous name]<br /><br /><a href="http://www.sensationalitaly.it/destinations/assisi-umbria.html" rel="nofollow">...region such names as Umbria santa, Umbria mistica and la terra dei santi (land of saints)...</a><br /><br />From link on Wikipedia: <br /><br /><a href="http://www.visit-assisi.it/en/monuments-and-points-of-interest/museums/museum-porziuncola-santa-maria-degli-angeli/" rel="nofollow">Visit Assisi</a> that links to<br /> <br /><a href="http://www.porziuncola.org/" rel="nofollow">porziuncola org</a> Includes video <br /><br />*Note: For some reason, Chrome Translate to English doesn’t work <br /><br /><b>Answer </b> Assisi, Italy. Place name was “Our Lady of the Valley of Josaphat or of the Angels”. <br /><br />I need to do more searches. My Grandparents liked a lot St. Clare and the Order of Poor Clares so that makes it even more interesting and a good way to remember them. <br /><br />2. Where is/was Humqaq? What was that place called in the late 1500s? <br /><br />[Humqaq]<br /><br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_Conception" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia Article</a><br />*Humqaq means: "The Raven Comes") in the Chumashan languages<br /><br /><b>Answer </b> Humqaq or Point Conception is in California. Name was: Cabo de Galera<br /><br />3. Where is the city of Óbuda? And what’s this place called now? <br /><br />[Obuda] <br /><br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%93buda" rel="nofollow">Óbuda was a city in Hungary</a><br /><br /><a href="https://losviajesdeali.com/obuda-budapest-que-ver/" rel="nofollow">In Spanish: ÓBUDA, EL ORIGEN DE BUDAPEST</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.disfrutabudapest.com/historia" rel="nofollow">Spanish: “ Budapest’s History is the History of three Cities”</a><br /><br /><b>Answer </b> The city is in Hungary and now is called Budapest. <br /><br />For Q6, I am thinking some kind of Atlas or Toponymy tool. Still don’t have an answer. I’ll return with the next SRS Challenge questions.<br />Ramon Gonzalezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16129830563029534511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-12160413722731024072017-08-23T21:57:45.313-07:002017-08-23T21:57:45.313-07:00I grew up in Southern California, so I thought: Is...I grew up in Southern California, so I thought: Isn't that LA? <br />In those days the smog was really bad; when I taught at Chaffey High School, early 60's, there were days when you couldn't see from one end of the block to the other. I remember hearing that LA, because of its geographical formation, had trapped smoke long before cars, and the Indians had named it accordingly.<br />So I confirmed the name by googling it in quotes, and confirmed an earlier name.Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11916187234293845661noreply@blogger.com