Elsewhere, a discussion began on an Indian place name in the state of Washington. I thought I'd continue the theme under a more approprate heading than "Yenta."

Today we went with a friend to a tasting at a Finger Lakes winery -- I still haven't learned my geography around here that well and asked the name of the lake we were passing on the way (not big enough to qualify as a Finger Lake). Faldage and our friend weren't sure which of two it was: to my Latin-language-trained ear, I heard them say it was either "Juanita" or "La Mocha." So I'm like why did a couple small lakes in upstate New York get Spanish (-sounding) names?

Turns out the names are "Waneta" and Lamoka."