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11. Hollywood was named for the Toyon

Sun Nov 23, 2014, 08:25 PM

Nov 2014

Or California Holly, a tree native to the state, and well, a forest of them in that area.

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Holy Money (Vatican Finances) - Al-Jazeera [View all] onager Nov 2014 OP

I love AJA and their in depth reporting is absolutely stellar Warpy Nov 2014 #1

Checked my program guide on my TV machine for Al J TV JDDavis Nov 2014 #2

Only saw it listed today. onager Nov 2014 #3

Thank you very much, good luck with JDDavis Nov 2014 #4

I am so freaking dense. Curmudgeoness Nov 2014 #5

Yes, evidently, "holiday" is an English variant of JDDavis Nov 2014 #6

I did know about Christmas. Curmudgeoness Nov 2014 #7

Whatever that "holy wood" is, it's probably a JDDavis Nov 2014 #8

Very clever. I like! nt Curmudgeoness Nov 2014 #9

Nope. Hollywood's original name was "Figwood." onager Nov 2014 #10

Hollywood was named for the Toyon Lordquinton Nov 2014 #11

It was the battle of the trees! onager Nov 2014 #12

Figs aren't native to the area Lordquinton Nov 2014 #13