434 RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA. 



buried or cached something on its -banks many years ago. 

 Suite and cache are words of French origin, introduced into 

 the English language by trappers. 



Anaheim is derived from Ana the Spanish for Ann, and the 

 German word helm, meaning home and the compound means 

 Anna's home. The Ana was suggested by the Santa Ana 

 Valley, in which Anaheim is built. 



361 . Etymology of California. The name " California," 

 first used in an obscure Spanish novel, Las Sergas de Esplan- 

 dian, published in 1510, was there applied to an island " on 

 the right hand of the Indies near the Terrestrial Paradise.'* 

 Twenty-five years later Cortez discovered the peninsula, and 

 gave it the name of California. After 1769, the Spanish Gov- 

 ernment recognized two Californias, Vieja or Baja, (old or 

 low) California, and Nueva or Alta, (new or high) Califor- 

 nia. The latter was conquered by the Americans in 1846, and 

 was called " Alta California," until after the gold discovery, 

 and then simply " California," when the peninsula fell into rel- 

 ative insignificance. The State Constitution, framed in 1849, 

 commences, " We, the people of California," etc. This, there- 

 fore, is the California, and the peninsula south of us is not 

 meant or thought of, unless we use the adjective prefix, and 

 say " Lower California." " Southern California " usually 

 means that part of American California south of latitude 

 34 30'. 



362. Pronunciation of Names. In the pronunciation 

 of the names of Spanish and Indian origin, the letters have 

 usually the Spanish sounds. A is like " a " in far ; e like " a " 

 in fare ; i like " ee " in meet ; o like " o " in go ; u like " oo " 

 in fool. J^Tis silent ; j and <?, before e and i, have a sound 

 similar to that of the English " h " ; s never has the sound of 

 2, but is always like " ss " in hiss. Qu, before e and i, is like " k." 

 U, is like " lli " in William ; n is like " ni " in union. There 

 are no diphthongs in Spanish. Every vowel is sounded sepa- 

 rately. Words ending in a vowel in the singular have the ac- 



