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Improvement Era 24, no. 2 (December 1920)
Grant, Heber J.
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America: Is It a Book of Mormon Name?
Title
America: Is It a Book of Mormon Name?
Magazine
Improvement Era
Publication Type
Magazine Article
Year of Publication
1920
Authors
Sjodahl, J.M. (Primary)
Pagination
130–143
Date Published
December 1920
Volume
24
Issue Number
2
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Abstract
This article attempts to link the name “America” with a cognate form of the name Mulek, a pre-Christian traveler to the western hemisphere. The author rejects the concept that America was named in honor of Amerigo Vespucci, as has been often assumed.
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Subject Keywords
Onomastics
Mulek (Son of King Zedekiah)
America
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