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Dan_Moore comments on The rational way to name rivers - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Dan_Moore 07 August 2014 07:12:39PM 2 points [-]

It seems clear that the first existing name was Mattaponi, and since the 4 feeder rivers are close together, the syllable names were chosen for the 4 streams, south to north. The Matta (and especially Poni) Rivers look pretty short on the map.