How 5 Iconic Landmarks Got Their Names

[@NameExplain]

Get the book! US: bit.ly/originofnames UK: bit.ly/originofnamesbook Check Amazon in your part of the world to see if it’s there! I can’t link to every version of the site I’m afraid.

[@Alexgaby15Channel]

You should do countries with similar name: Guinea and Papua New Guinea Great Britain and Brittany Switzerland and Sweden Wales and Gaul/Gallia (in Romanian we call Wales "Țara galilor" (Land of the Gals) and Gaul "Galia" (which people we also call Gals), is there a connection? Wales and Wallachia (also is there proof that Wallachians didn't call themselves Romanians?) Also in Romanian we call Latvia "Letonia" so it could be interseting to see a video on it with either Lithuania or Estonia or all three of them Turkey and Turkmenistan Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakstan, ... Georgia the US State and Georgia the Country Indians (India) and Native Americans

[@instrumental32]

Name Explain, in the beginning clip about supporting your channel, subscribe is misspelled. Idk how long it’s been like that but it’s just something I noticed

[@quidohmi9286]

Charles Rushmore didn't discover the mountain. The mountain was called the Six Grandfathers. It was a holy place that was stolen after being promised to the Lakota and then defaced.

[@kevinclass2010]

Aztecs of south america are news to me

[@heronimousbrapson863]

The name "Big Ben" was selected in favour of the alternate name "the Great Bong", which was often confused with something else.

[@scottanderson8167]

Tubmaster 5000 wait, I thought it was Big Dick

[@KCKingdomCreateGreatTrekAgain]

I thought they made that in the 1960's???

[@TheWizardofLimes]

I was preemptively disappointed assuming Eiffel Tower was going to be on here. Im glad it wasn't and actually learned everything new.

[@nikolausdeems1922]

Great video as always! Just a small correction from a geologist: the shape of the rock formation has nothing to do as to its being called a batholith. Batholiths are characterized by a single unit of subterranean slow cooled, coarse grained igneous rock which has been later exposed.

[@eastpavilion-er6081]

That thumbnail is so cursed.

[@theonebman7581]

*blessed ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@martymcflyy6775]

*blursed

[@rasapplepipe]

Mount Rushmore was already Sioux holy land when it was discovered. Some would say it has been desecrated with those carvings.

[@scottanderson8167]

Dude they conquered it like 50 years before. Three tribes had it since the White man came.

[@gregrobinette8620]

@@scottanderson8167 stop trying to protect the KKK, the Oceti Sakowin's sacred mountain was and is sacred and theirs, despite what that crazy racist governor says.

[@dgray7537]

The next monuments we build will be covered in logos once the corporations take over.

[@sirBrouwer]

aren't all build monuments not already covered with logo's? As long as people have build major objects it was always for someone who wanted to have his or her logo (seal/coat of arms) be featured on it. especially king really wanted to have there coat of arms plastered all over there monuments for the pure reason so they could boast about it. and in most cases the main build master will have his name placed on a few key stones as well.

[@michaelturner2806]

Since you mention the Louvre Pyramid, I'd like to take the time to point out a similarly recently constructed pyramid in the US, the Memphis Pyramid in Memphis, Tennessee. The US city by the Mississippi River was named after the Egyptian city by the Nile known for its pyramids, so decided to build a modern one there. As a small sports stadium. When I was living there it was most known for Arena Football, some kind of compressed version of the US hand-egg sport. According to Wikipedia the Memphis Pyramid is 98 meters tall, over four times that of the Louvre Pyramid, which made me think it might be worth mentioning.

[@SWLinPHX]

Michael Turner: Don’t forget the famous hotel Luxor in Las Vegas which is a giant glass pyramid with the extremely bright xenon skylight shining straight up that can be seen from space

[@user-vn7ce5ig1z]

6:57 - The architect of the Taj Mahal was Persian, so the second one makes more sense. 9:24 - The ancient Egyptians wouldn't even call it Egypt, they'd call it Kemet (KMT - they usually dropped vowels).

[@KCKingdomCreateGreatTrekAgain]

sure there isn't a R in there???

[@KCKingdomCreateGreatTrekAgain]

I was thinking kermet like the frog. Kind of a joke.

[@mikaoleander]

so "the pyramids of giza" basically means "the pyramids of the city near the pyramids"

[@dulcimerrafi]

7:05 There is also a similar story about the Strasbourg Cathedral, or more specifically, the famous clock housed within it. I believe that the story is that the clockmakers were blinded after construction so that they could never build another clock to rival the one in the cathedral. That clock served as the inspiration for the "It's a Small World" attraction at Disney Parks.

[@timmmahhhh]

1:33 "It's the kind of name you'd give a prize winning bull or something." How funny, in my hometown there is Old Ben who was the world's largest steer but everyone, EVERYONE calls him Big Ben due to the iconic British landmark, or bell apparently. www.roadsideamerica.com/story/3620 can

[@underwaterlaser1687]

The Lakota Sioux were the original occupants of the Black Hills and they are sacred to them. Can’t imagine they don’t have name for that mountain range aka “Mount Rushmore”.

[@bleachno9]

they do, The Six Grandfathers

[@sydhenderson6753]

The Sioux were around Lake Superior until the seventeenth century, so there's a good chance someone was there before them.

[@martymcflyy6775]

You should make a part two

[@ARCtheCartoonMaster]

2:51 The non-carved part of Mt. Rushmore looks like Magic Mountain, a now-demolished indoor theme park that used to stand in the seaside town of Glenelg, South Australia (now replaced by a more modern entertainment complex, the Beach House). 3:30 Funny how he kind of looks like Theodore Roosevelt, one of the Presidents who would be carved into the -mountain- batholith.

[@TheUglyGnome]

7:25 No architect in that picture. That's an engineering drawing, not an architectural one.

[@prettypic444]

I guess you could call this a ‘landmark video’! (I’ll see myself out)

[@gc3k9]

This channel is fantastic

[@m.z.2466]

The Great Pyramid of Beside the Great Pyramid of Beside the Great Pyramid of Beside the ... [Stack Overflow Error]

[@Numba003]

These are some interesting videos my guy. Jesus Christ be with you!😊

[@InRoYouT]

Aztec/Mayan pyramids in South America?

[@sstudley82]

Hey! Seeing this one year later but Welcome back 😎

[@khalidsaleh3669]

9:17 Idk man I'm an Arab but this seems completely unintelligible to me

[@litinupcito2044]

Khalid Saleh yeah it means nothing arabic wtf

[@amegalodonwithinternetacce5863]

Do we megladons have any cool statues with fresh cool wierd names

[@redblack8766]

9:17 "The name of the city comes from Arabic ER-GES-HER". Heck no. I don't know if the mistake was in the word itself or the pronunciation, but that sounds like nothing in Arabic, certainly not anything close to "Near the high". And for the record, while the city's name is pronounced the way you do in some dialects (including Egyptian), but it's "Jiiza" in "Fus-ha". One possible meaning I got from an Arabic dictionary is "side of the valley". I'm not familiar with the geography, though.

[@seedlessplant]

What is it with palace builders and getting something removed so they cant make something better

[@doctorpicardnononono7469]

there's a Belgian band called k3.

[@GDMiller419]

The real name for the mountain/site is the Six Grandfathers, and was a sacred site for Lakota people. Idk where you got that ot was nameless.

[@ifer1280]

There's a pyramid in the Netherlands too. It was built by one of Napoleon's generals!

[@Simon-1965]

Is it possible that big Ben got its' name because someone said ' that's a big bell '. People heard him say big Ben and gave it that name.

[@happyfacefries]

I love Mt Name Explain

[@coinscorpion]

So the great pyramid of Giza is named after the city of Giza which is named after being near the great pyramid of Giza

[@hotwax9376]

The Aztec and Mayan pyramids are in Mexico and Central America, not South America.

[@jonolasco]

I was about to comment this, is it that hard for Europeans to tell the difference?

[@Tailikku1]

I'm pretty sure K3 is from Donkey Kong Country

[@user-rs8bs2cp8t]

You should make a video on the isle of Man

[@emilandreasson9670]

Last time I was this early, I was this early

[@GregTebo]

Why did you not narrate the audio book :(

[@napoleoncoronadocortes5740]

Aztecs from North america, mayans from North america and central america.

[@thunder_bug_1451]

Uh Mount Rushmore is built on the sacred mountain “the six grandfathers” of the Lakota people. It was built specifically to try to force native people away from their land. The “dispute over tin mines” was the Americans trying to build and mine on land the government had guaranteed the natives.

[@scottanderson8167]

Thunder_Bug _ would have ended different if the natives hadn’t given up their guns. Who’s laughing now!

[@thunder_bug_1451]

Scott Anderson they had guns. And the US military gunned them down.

[@forregom]

2:37 Héhé. Kont is butt in dutch

[@tongsengpedas]

So it was NOT named after Count Rushmore... the one who carved those faces?

[@michasiuta6473]

Taj Mahal WAS constructed as Mumtaz Mahal's mausoleum and it's a fact, not a myth.

[@marilynne6898]

Non video related question and please don't take offence. My question isnt meant to be mean but to clarify. Im American and have noticed a particular pronunciation difference in the th sound. You pronounce it with a f sound... Is it a dialect thing? T.i.a.

[@SantomPh]

the RP sound (aka the BBC accent) has a softer "thhhuuur" for "the" than standard American English "THee" for "The". some British accents/ dialects sound more like the American especially up north

[@marilynne6898]

@@SantomPh thank you

[@areamusicale]

Which mountains has more frozen human poop around?

[@KCKingdomCreateGreatTrekAgain]

the one San Francisco sends its sidewalk poop to.

[@山本トコミ]

No need to explain your own name, I knew it was Patrick with that green shirt and red hair on your avatar lol

[@varadarajkamath404]

Correction: K2 is located in the disputed territories of India and Pakistan.

[@SantomPh]

no it isn't. It is a border marker between Pakistan proper and China proper. Baltistan is not claimed by India as it is not part of Kashmir and the peak is actually close to an undisputed border, namely with the Indian state of Ladakh. K2 straddles Pakistan and China's Xinjiang region, India has no claim to this border.

[@Think_Inc]

@@SantomPh That’s the exact opposite of the truth. Baltistan’s actual name is Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. Pakistan has been illegally occupying it for a while. It is claimed by India. India is the rightful owner of the land. The LoC isn’t the actual border recognized by India. It’s just the end of Indian control.

[@fermintenava5911]

To consider we could have a Mt. Savage or a Mt. Chogori, but went with K2... That's a naming crime bigger than everything Australia could do 😤

[@paul2019.]

What is the number of Mount Everest?

[@tsnamc975]

More D E R R Y videos plz

[@peluso4oso]

Aztec and Maya civilizations are from North America, not South America.

[@SantomPh]

was probably thinking Inca

[@aaronarias5049]

Mexico is in North America not South America actually

[@benjaminmenist]

Shouldnt the title be 5 landmarks?

[@NameExplain]

You are quite right. That was me being stupid. Thank you!

[@commondevintoo]

MY LAST NAME IS FOOTE TOO

[@migueld1515]

Aztecs are from North America and Mayans are from North and Central America.

[@Think_Inc]

K2 is situated in the part of Kashmir which is illegally occupied by Pakistan. It is a part of India.

[@arte0021]

Is it me or he sounds like he's talking to a baby?

[@Illumisepoolist]

Cool! ^^

[@Doobleberry]

Clicked within 10 seconds

[@gregrobinette8620]

"Mt Rushmore" wasnt nameless tho, and the locals called it Tunkasila Sakpe Paha, it was illegally carved into by a KKK member, so its a sad and depressing landmark tbh

[@icewink7100]

Memphis, Tennessee has a better glass pyramid than Paris does.

[@canis2020]

Leaving a comment. Rabble rabble rabble.

[@-gemberkoekje-5547]

MEXICO IS NOT IN SOUTH AMERICA!

[@HelgaCavoli]

Mount Rushmore is the most stupid thing, disgracing a holy place from the indigenous people that use to live there. Some other channel told me.

[@ohrileyautoparts5601]

Helgali Adam ruins everything ?

[@s.r.7602]

Knowing better?

[@scottanderson8167]

Can’t wait for Trump to be all five faces on Mt. Trumpmore.

[@PalkkiTT]

You are not serious?

[@scottanderson8167]

@@PalkkiTT maybe I am, maybe I’m not ;) I would settle for changing the name of the planet to Planet Trump!

[@PalkkiTT]

Hope you are not but I think it was a joke.

[@petermcguinness5464]

I was told it leave a comment so here

[@PolyPumpkin]

Hi

[@mrbearbear83]

And here I thought Big Ben was going to be called Massive Mohammed

[@leerwesen]

there's no bomb attached to that clock though...

[@m.z.2466]

Slightly above average sized Patrick

[@rparl]

+

[@97sambit]

K2 is in Pakistan occupied Kashmir . It's Indian my friend.

[@amegalodonwithinternetacce5863]

You just had to do it

[@retf8977]

Kashmir for kashmiris.

[@SantomPh]

it's not disputed at all in that area. You're thinking north of the disputed area-with borders that touch Afghanistan, China and even Ladakh.

[@TheCrazzyPizza]

I am the 1000th like

[@novaryx]

6th comment? Love you daddy pat

[@Azier18]

420th like.

[@rishabtalukdar2002]

You make good videos. But today you made a mistake. K2 is in India-China border. Don't get offended but China and Pakistan are spreading false geographical facts. Rectify your video,my friend

[@retf8977]

Stfu... no one cares about your shitty indian bias. Kashmir is shared by pakistan and india, although kashmir should be for kashmiris

[@SantomPh]

you are clearly not possessed of any brains. K2 is in Baltistan which is north of Kashmir and Ladakh. The area has zero Indian presence and only has Pakistani and Chinese military and civilians. grow up. Rectify your blank brain.

[@rishabtalukdar2002]

Baltistan is in POK which is a part of India even before its creation

[@RailwayPenguin]

@@rishabtalukdar2002 POK?

[@Think_Inc]

@@RailwayPenguin Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. Illegally occupied, that is.