Latintos

Latintos stands for "language transformations in texts and open sources." The LATINTOS BLOG highlights different spellings and different meanings of words, phrases and abbreviations as well as their origin. Latintos compares words in different contexts and different languages including scientific and formal languages. Further, name construction is analyzed and applications of systematic names and nomenclature systems are monitored.

Wednesday, October 19, 2022

“Squaw Valley” name changes

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  Palisades summit , formerly known as Squaw Peak The 1960 Winter Olympic took place in “ Squaw Valley ,” a ski resort in California locate...
Friday, October 7, 2022

Mangum Mill in Aurora named for W. Lester Mangum

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Foundation structures of the   Mangum Mill   left at their original site Aurora's Mangum Mill  in Nevada—also referred to as the Aurora ...
Tuesday, May 3, 2022

Volume strength and its other terms for the concentration of hydrogen peroxide in mixtures with water

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Volume strength  is a dimensionless quantity defined to express the concentration of hydrogen peroxide in a water/hydrogen peroxide ( H 2 O/...
Wednesday, April 20, 2022

Named to honor Andrew Allen Veatch: Veatch's stickleaf (Mentzelia veatchiana)

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Veatch's stickleaf on a dry slope near Reno, Nevada Mentzelia veatchiana is a flowering-plant species in the Loasa family ( Loasa...
Monday, August 2, 2021

Whom is Fort Warren on Georges Island named after?

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View from the ramparts at Bastion C of Fort Warren on Georges Island Fort Warren on Georges Island —now part of Boston Harbor Islands Stat...
Thursday, June 10, 2021

The “Province Lands Fist”

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Peninsulas are sometimes nicknamed based on their resemblance to anatomical shapes or other objects with a characteristic form. One of the ...
Sunday, May 16, 2021

A plant genus named after Quaker scientist John Fothergill

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Fothergilla major   (Large Fothergilla or Mountain Witch Alder) John Fothergill (1712-1780) was born into a Quaker family in Yorkshire, Eng...
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