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2025-01-09 08:02:26 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING
The name America itself originates from a German professor at a French college in 1507 falsely conflating the Italian explorer Amerigo with the Latin word “Americus” and incorrectly translating into the feminized Spanish form “America”. https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2016/07/how-did-america-get-its-name/ https://www.theguardian.com/notesandqueries/query/0,5753,-19314,00.html#:~:text=He%20came%20across%20the%20letters,with%20Europe%20and%20Asia)%20America.
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- The name America itself originates from a German professor at a French college in 1507 falsely conflating the Italian explorer Amerigo with the Latin word “Americus” and incorrectly translating into the feminized Spanish form “America”. https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2016/07/how-did-america-get-its-name/ https://www.theguardian.com/notesandqueries/query/0,5753,-19314,00.html#:~:text=He%20came%20across%20the%20letters,with%20Europe%20and%20Asia)%20America.
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