Olympic Valley
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Olympia.
Proper noun edit
Synonyms edit
- (valley formed by the river Alpheus): Alfeios Valley, Alpheus Valley
Etymology 2 edit
Coined by United States Representative B. F. Sisk in 1958. Sisk convinced the 1960 Winter Olympics Organizing Committee to propose this name for the location of the new branch post office at the Olympic village, to distinguish up-and-coming Squaw Valley in Placer County from the more established community of Squaw Valley in Fresno County, which he represented in Congress.[1][2] Based on this recommendation, the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN) decided on August 28, 1958, that Squaw Valley would only refer to the community in Fresno County.[3] The Post Office Department used Olympic Valley for the branch post office, and by extension it was also applied to the community around it.[4][5][6]
This name later gained popularity as an alternative to Squaw Valley as the pejorative sense of squaw became more widely recognized. In 2022, the local Washoe tribe's Tribal Historic Preservation Officer proposed to also rename the surrounding valley from Squaw Valley to Olympic Valley. The California Advisory Committee on Geographic Names concurred,[7] and the BGN officially renamed the valley later that year.[8][9]
Proper noun edit
- An unincorporated community in Placer County, California, United States.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:Olympic Valley.
- A valley in the Sierra Nevada, Placer County, California, United States, named after this community.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:Olympic Valley.
Synonyms edit
- (unincorporated community): Squaw Valley (informal, dated)
- (valley): Squaw Valley (proscribed)
Etymology 3 edit
Named after the Olympic Transportation Company.[10]
Proper noun edit
- An oil tanker built in West Germany in 1954, under the Liberian flag.
References edit
- ^ “Tug-Of-War Over Squaw Valley Name Resolved”, in Auburn Journal[1], 1958 April 10, page B-4
- ^ Miller, George P. (1958 March 13) “Authorizing Certain Activities by the Armed Forces in Support of the VIII Olympic Winter Games”, in Reports and Documents, 85th Congress[2], volume 5, Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, section 1499, page 3
- ^ Hearings Before and Special Reports Made by Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives on Subjects Affecting the Naval and Military Establishments[3], Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, 1958, page 5067
- ^ “Not Squaw Valley to Post Office”, in San Francisco Examiner[4], 1959 November 10, section IV, page 5
- ^ Gudde, Erwin G., Bright, William (2010) California Place Names: The Origin and Etymology of Current Geographical Names[5], University of California Press, →ISBN
- ^ Bryan, Susan Montoya (2021 November 19) “Interior secretary seeks to rid US of derogatory place names”, in AP News[6], New York City: Associated Press, retrieved 2022-09-17
- ^ California Advisory Committee on Geographic Names Minutes[7], Sacramento, California: California Advisory Committee on Geographic Names, 2022 March 25, retrieved 2022-09-13
- ^ Smith, Darrell (2022 September 8) “Squaw removed from place names across US, California by feds”, in The Sacramento Bee[8], retrieved 2022-09-13
- ^ “Official Replacement Names for Sq___”, in Geographic Names Information System[9], Reston, Virginia: United States Geological Survey, 2022, retrieved 2022-09-17
- ^ “Tankers 1950-1959”, in Greek Shipping Miracle[10], Argo Publishing & Advertising Company, 2022 May 9, retrieved 2022-10-04, page 5