As the US marks 250 years since its July 4 declaration, Al Jazeera traces 50 place names, their meanings and origins.

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Amid the cries to Make America Christian Again, the truth is, Christianity never had a chance, says Stephen Shoemaker.

When cultural preservation comes at the expense of speakers’ decisions, sometimes it's O.K. to let a language die.

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We asked a range of luminaries who their favorite American is. The answers included scientists, playwrights, pop stars, bureaucrats—and one cartoon character.

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Growing up on Oʻahu in the 1950s, Maile Keamoai-Kane learned a lot from her father: how to prepare laulau, gather ʻopihi, and catch and clean fish. He never excluded her. But being deaf, Keamoai-Kane ...

Hans Aarsleff, a professor of English and renowned scholar of the history of the study of language, died July 1. He was 100.

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