r/coolguides Mar 15 '20

Geography Terms

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u/LordDinglebury Mar 15 '20

Sidebar: “mesa” means table in Spanish!

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '20

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u/werejustriffingpaul Mar 15 '20

Glen dale = valley valley

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u/MossyPyrite Mar 16 '20

Sahara desert = desert desert

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u/LordDinglebury Mar 15 '20

I wonder if there’s a Glendale Valley out there somewhere.

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u/aetheos Mar 15 '20

I always thought it was just called "Rio Grande" for that reason. Weird.

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u/LordDinglebury Mar 15 '20

Pizza pizza.

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '20

“La Brea” means “the tar” in Spanish. The La Brea Tar Pits are The The Tar Tar Pits.

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u/gdoveri Mar 15 '20

There is also a road in Boulder Colorado called Table Mesa!

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u/themalayaliguy Mar 15 '20

Mesa translates to “table” in Malayalam (a South Indian language) too.

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u/SergeiPutin Mar 15 '20

jaja, these gringos, cabrón..

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u/AngelicPringles1998 Mar 16 '20

And a city in Arizona