Delano

//ˈdɛlənəʊ// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
  2. 2
    A city in Kern County, California, United States, named in honor of the Secretary of the Interior at the time, Columbus Delano.

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"It was Franklin Delano Roosevelt who stirred the pot again in 1939, by moving Thanksgiving to the third Thursday in November. Up until then, Americans had marked the holiday on the last Thursday in November, a date first specified by Lincoln. The new date was Roosevelt's bid to lengthen the Christmas shopping season and boost the nation’s economic recovery after the Great Depression."

Etymology

Americanized form of French Delannoy, from Old French de (“from”) + Lannoy (the name of several places in France and Belgium), from l (“the”) + Latin alnētum (“alderwood”), from alnus (“alder”) + -ētum (“place”).

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