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| * Madeira is a Portuguese autonomous region (part of Portugal but self-governed) | | * Madeira is a Portuguese autonomous region (part of Portugal but self-governed) |
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| * '''Yucatan'''
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| ** Yucatan peninsula was named by the Spanish
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| ** theories of the origins of the name
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| *** when the Spanish arrived there, they asked the local Maya then name of the place
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| **** the Maya replied either "Ma'anaatik ka t'ann" which means "I do not understand you" or "uh yu ka t'ann," which means "hear how they talk!"
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| **** the Spanish thought they said "Yucatan," so called it that
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| *** the other theory is that the Maya extensively cultivated "yucca" plants (or "cassava," a tuber, similar to sweet potatoes) and so named the region for that practice
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| **** it is possible, but the yucca plant and its name was common across all Maya regions
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| ** also, Yucatan is the location of the " Chicxulub" asteroid that created the "Chicxulub crater"
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| ** see: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yucat%C3%A1n_Peninsula#Etymology Yucatan Etymology (wiki)]]
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| === Europe === | | === Europe === |