2007-03-05 03:11:00 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ Mexico ➔ Other - Mexico
Take your pick, from these two as the actual source is not known:
1/ The name "Yucatan" is the Nahuatl (Aztec) word Yokatlān, "place of richness."
2/ Yucatan, is allegedly the answer to the Spanish explorer Francisco Fernandez de Cordoba’s question to a native as to what the name of the place was. In the Indian dialect, Yucatan means, “I don’t understand you.” [1]
2007-03-06 01:10:25 · answer #1 · answered by Rockin' Mel S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What Does Yucatan Mean
2017-01-20 20:59:30 · answer #2 · answered by josephine 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Truth or legend? Here's the story I've heard. When Cortes and his conquistadores asked the Mayan people about their land, they answered that they didn't understand, literally "We don't understand your language." The Mayan sounds for that phrase sounded like Yucatan, it is said.
It's a good story anyway.
Edit: Do I read the 2nd answer as slamming Mexico? I hope not.
2007-03-05 06:09:53 · answer #3 · answered by cmw 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The person above had it partially correct. When asked what they thought of the area they said how can "YOUSTANDIT". The name stuck and became Yukatan. Pretty strange but true.
2007-03-05 16:23:40 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Green Bay packs cheese and meat in their industry. Thus the Green Bay Packers
2016-03-16 04:58:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋