Atlas of True Names uses etymology to give us an unusual insight
into familiar geographical names. Atlas of True Names - British
Isles Map There are plenty of competing theories, such as Bishop
Diego de Landa's story that it's a Hispanicized version of Ci
uthan, meaning "they say it." Or perhaps it's from Nahuatl
Yokatlan "place of riches" (disputed here), or from a word
meaning "massacre" (from yuka "to kill" and yeta "many" — so
says Adrian Room's Place Names of the World). Even Hormes and
Peust give another possibility: Nahuatl yuhcatlan "abandoned
place". The Atlas of True Names replaces the traditional names
of the world's cities, countries, rivers and mountains with new
ones to reflect their origins and literal meaning. The Great
Land of the Tattooed (Great Britain), now features such cities
as Hillfort (London), Bear Guard Home (Birmingham), Choked Pool
(Liverpool) and Slopecastle (Edinburgh). Oswald's Stone, the
Lost Palladium of MiddlesexMillions live in or near Ossulstone,
but only a handful have ev