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Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> writes:

> On 3 Oct 2024 01:22:35 GMT, rbowman wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 2 Oct 2024 22:26:17 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>> 
>>> Fun question: what does “la brea” mean?
>> 
>> Tar.  Not quite as redundant as Rio Grande River.
>
> One that annoys me is “Rio De La Plata”. It’s not “Plate” river, it’s 
> “Silver” river.
>
> There was this guitarist named Manitas De Plata, who used to appear on The 
> “Marty Feldman Comedy Machine”, back in the day ...
>
> Ah, Marty and Spike ... both mad geniuses, yet somehow different ...

And in southern Arizona we have "Picacho Peak": 'picacho', of course,
being Spanish for 'peak'.