• Tar_Alcaran
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    6 hours ago

    A name in the Native American language

    There is no single native American language. There are over 200 of them, and used to be around 300-400, in 57 different families and over two dozen completely isolated languages (which might not be, but it’s hard to find out). And they’d likely be at the very least somewhat mutually culturally insensitive.

    So that might be even more difficult than using English, which at least has the benefit of being popular now.

    • Skua@kbin.earth
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      2 hours ago

      Vinland is Newfoundland, I’m afraid! It’s not generally thought that the Norse made it as far south in the Americas as the modern day continguous USA