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Rhode Island isn't really an island. Like, yeah it's named after one of its islands, but people who live in the state are on the continental part. I thought the whole state was an island lmao
California also isn't an island, but it's named after a fictional island in a Spanish novel, and was once thought to be an island.
I used to think it was named after Calphurnia from Julius Caesar when we read that in class. I literally pronounced her name as "Ka-la-fern-ee-uhh", fuck
The name comes from cal- meaning hot, and forni- meaning sex, from which we get the English word fornication.
Therefore California means “land of hot sex”
I'm about to start parroting this around, and I don't even care if it's true or not
Shoulda named it Caliphygia ;)
i thought it was a road
Why are their schollars so sought after?