Well, here in Massachusetts we have Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg, which doesn't describe its color but does mean "lake divided by islands" and is a pretty accurate, if long winded, description of it.
Growing up I was told it actually meant something like "you fish over there, I fish over here, nobody fishes in the middle" and that is was some sort of territory boundary.
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Well, here in Massachusetts we have Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg, which doesn't describe its color but does mean "lake divided by islands" and is a pretty accurate, if long winded, description of it.
Growing up I was told it actually meant something like "you fish over there, I fish over here, nobody fishes in the middle" and that is was some sort of territory boundary.