Can you name the US cities, based on their names in Latin? by echopapa

Can you name the US cities, based on their names in Latin?

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Source: Vicipaedia; Catholic Hierarchy
Some of these names were assigned by Latin students, others by the Catholic Church.
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Latin Name	City	State (in Latin)
Sancta Fides		Novum Mexicum
Litus Longum		California
Ancoraria		Alasca
Fraxinus		California
Fons Coloratensis		Coloratum
Xylopolis		Idahum
Rubrobastum		Ludoviciana
Sinus Viridis		Visconsinia
Urbs Lacus Salsi		Uta
Campifons		Massachusetta

Latin Name	City	State (in Latin)
Petricula		Arcansia
Passus		Texia
Quercopolis		California
Monachopolis		Iova
Novum Eboracum		Novum Eboracum
Campi		Nivata
Flexuvium Austral		Indiana
Sanctus Ludovicus		Missuria
Grandiae Cataractae		Michigania
Nasburgum		Tennesia

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US City Names in Latin Quiz

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Created Apr 3, 2010 in Geography
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	crashintoavan:	Apr 4th, 2010 at 03:02 GMT	4 points
	Thought it would be interesting to know the literal translations of some of those that weren't obvious... Santa Fe = Saint Faith; Des Moines = of the monks; the original meaning of York is (probably) yew-tree estate; Las Vegas = the meadows; Nashville is from General Francis Nash, nash means "near an ash tree" or "near a place called Ash"

	RebeccaAMax:	Apr 4th, 2010 at 03:46 GMT	10 points
	@crashintoavan: Santa Fe means Holy Faith, just as Sancta Fides does. the word "saint" is from the word for "holy." @echopapa: I like the quiz! It didn't even occur to me that some of them were for names that weren't English. :D

	Apollo846:	Apr 4th, 2010 at 05:45 GMT	4 points
	I'd put the literal translations in the third column instead of the state in Latin....

	mjenks:	Apr 6th, 2010 at 20:16 GMT	3 points
	This...is awesome. I know Charleston is "Carolopolis".

	zifyoip:	Apr 10th, 2010 at 17:17 GMT	2 points
	The first thing that came to my head for "Grandiae Cataractae" was Great Falls, Montana. Any idea what the Latin name for Great Falls is?

	echopapa:	Apr 13th, 2010 at 00:35 GMT	3 points
	You're right, Great Falls would also be Grandiae Cataractae. I've edited the answers accordingly.

	cuendillar:	May 21st, 2010 at 09:43 GMT	10 points
	Corpus christi as a bonus? It's already in Latin!

	micah:	May 21st, 2010 at 20:32 GMT	2 points
	"Flexuvium Austral" is awesome.

	WyvernSabres:	May 21st, 2010 at 21:07 GMT	5 points
	Isn't "...opolis" a Greek ending? In fact "Xylopolis" seems to be Greek through and through.

	mrprocrastinator:	May 22nd, 2010 at 01:59 GMT	3 points
	Yea the polis is definitely Greek.

	echopapa:	Oct 28th, 2010 at 02:34 GMT	2 points
	"Xylopolis" may be Greek, but the Catholic Church's Latin version of Boise is Xylopolis.

	tulliuscicero:	Mar 22nd, 2011 at 16:41 GMT	1 point
	How about Urbs Amoris Fraterni for Philly?

	trekkie4christ:	Jul 7th, 2011 at 18:18 GMT	2 points
	Philadelphia is already Latin (technically Greek like Xylopolis).