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		neilk on July 19, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Things Unexpectedly Named After People Vacaville, CA - vaca is Spanish for cow, and is home to cattle ranches. Despite many people thinking that it means "cow town", it's actually named for the settler Juan Manuel Cabeza Vaca.

narag on July 19, 2020 [–]

"Cabeza de Vaca" is a family name meaning "cow head". There was a guy in my elementary school with that name. He had a big head, for what is worth.

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