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  2. List of place names of Spanish origin in the United States

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    Ebro, Florida, a town in Washington County, Florida (named after the Ebro River area in Spain) Frisco, Utah a ghost town in western central Utah; Granada, Colorado, a Statutory Town in Prowers County, Colorado (named after the city of Granada, Spain, itself Spanish for "pomegranate") Gomez, Texas, a small town in Terry County, Texas

  3. History of Florida - Wikipedia

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    The state received its name from that conquistador, who called the peninsula La Pascua Florida in recognition of the verdant landscape and because it was the Easter season, which the Spaniards called Pascua Florida (Festival of Flowers). [2] [3] [4] This area was the first mainland realm of the United States to be settled by Europeans, starting ...

  4. List of state and territory name etymologies of the United ...

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    The name was initially proposed for the Territory of Colorado until its origins were discovered. Years later it fell into common usage, and was proposed for the Territory of Idaho instead. [30] [31] Plains Apache: ídaahę́: Possibly from the Plains Apache word for 'enemy' (ídaahę́), which was used to refer to the Comanches. [32] Illinois ...

  5. List of North American settlements by year of foundation

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    Discovered by Cortés in 1531; settled in 1550. [10] 1559 Pensacola: Florida: United States Spanish explorer Tristán de Luna founded a short-lived settlement in 1559. 1560 Port of Spain: Port of Spain: Trinidad And Tobago: A Spanish garrison was posted near the foot of the Laventille Hills, which today form the city's eastern boundary. 1563 ...

  6. Spanish Florida - Wikipedia

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    Spanish Florida (Spanish: La Florida) was the first major European land-claim and attempted settlement-area in northern America during the European Age of Discovery. La Florida formed part of the Captaincy General of Cuba in the Viceroyalty of New Spain, and the Spanish Empire during Spanish colonization of the Americas.

  7. List of cities in the Americas by year of foundation - Wikipedia

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    City (population 5000+) incorporated February 1, 1928. [96] 1882: Swift Current: Saskatchewan: Canada: Canadian Pacific Railway arrival December 10, 1882. City (population 5000+) incorporated January 15, 1914. [97] 1882: Regina: Saskatchewan: Canada: Settlement first named Pile O' Bones, and renamed Regina. Capital city of SK.

  8. Newly discovered snail in Florida Keys is named after Jimmy ...

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    The sea snails are a part of the same family of an invasive species discovered in 2017 in the Florida Keys that is scientifically named Thylacodes vandyensis. The Cayo snails, however, are ...

  9. Florida Territory - Wikipedia

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    The U.S. received Florida under Article 2 and inherited Spanish claims to the Oregon Territory under Article 3, while ceding all its claims on Texas to Spain under Article 3 [3]: xi (with the independence of Mexico in 1821, Spanish Texas became Mexican territory), and pledged to indemnify up to $5,000,000 in claims by American citizens against ...