Is there a place named for an emperor, or a place named by a king?
Is there a place named for some fish, or a place named after some women
warriors?
Is there a place named because it seemed peaceful, or are there places
named because of their color?
Read the next few pages, and you will find out how some places got their
names.
FULL OF BLARNEY
The Blarney Stone is in Blarney Castle near Cork, Ireland. Aw, you’re full of blarney.” Maybe somebody has told you that. And maybe he’s right. But if you really want to make sure you’re full of…
HOW THE LONGEST RIVERS GOT THEIR NAMES
The longest river in the world has more than one part and more than one name—the Nile, the Bine Nile, and the White Nile. One part of the river, called the Blue Nile, starts at Lake Tana in…
BODY OF A LION HEAD OF A MAN
What has the body of a lion and the head of a man? No, it’s not a monster. It’s one of many statues in Egypt that look like monsters. This kind of statue is called a sphinx. The Great Sphinx at…
YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU’LL FIND
> These tourists to Venezuela get their first view of Angel Falls from a > dugout canoe on the Churun River. A little over fifty years ago, an aviator named Jimmy Angel flew over the rain forests…
