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To: SunkenCiv
"Neanderthal Valley" is redundant, in the sense that the German word Neanderthal means "Neander Valley."

But then again, I refer to New Mexico as Nueva Nueva España.

10 posted on 10/05/2012 5:54:49 PM PDT by Erasmus (Zwischen des Teufels und des tiefen, blauen Meers)
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To: Erasmus
"Neanderthal Valley" is redundant

Just like the "The Los Angeles Angels".

11 posted on 10/05/2012 5:58:41 PM PDT by rfp1234
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To: Erasmus

And don’t forget the Big River River in Nueva Nueva España.


12 posted on 10/05/2012 6:24:31 PM PDT by Sherman Logan (Perception wins all the battles. Reality wins all the wars.)
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To: Erasmus
It's an old habit in Spain. The Romans called the city now known as Cartagena Carthago Nova. New Carthage. But "Carthago" means "New City" so Carthago Nova is "New New City."

Too bad the Spanish conquistadores did not name the city in Colombia "Nueva Cartagena."

15 posted on 10/05/2012 7:22:02 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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