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To: Olog-hai

What about Matamoros, Mexico? It means “Killer of Moors”.


7 posted on 07/05/2020 7:50:15 PM PDT by rfp1234 (Caveat Emperor)
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To: rfp1234

Matamoras in Pennsylvania is apparently named after Heroica Matamoros, that coming from the US occupying that city first in the Mexican-American War.


10 posted on 07/05/2020 7:53:29 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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