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==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
The provenance of the name "Krasoa" is currently unknown, and may come from the undocumented indigenous language(s) of the islands. A | The provenance of the name "Krasoa" is currently unknown, and may come from the undocumented indigenous language(s) of the islands, related to those spoken in [[Takatta Loa]]. | ||
theory attributing the name to a [[Tryhstian Littoral|Tryhstian]] navigator named Fernão Crassoa gained currency during the 21010s and was commonly printed in | |||
reference works and local school textbooks until around 21194, when an exhaustive study by an élite team of historians failed to find written | A theory attributing the name to a [[Tryhstian Littoral|Tryhstian]] navigator named Fernão Crassoa gained currency during the 21010s and was commonly printed in reference works and local school textbooks until around 21194, when an exhaustive study by an élite team of historians failed to find written | ||
records of anyone by that surname dating from before the word was in use as a name for the islands. Nonetheless, a statue of Fernão Crassoa | records of anyone by that surname dating from before the word was in use as a name for the islands. Nonetheless, a statue of Fernão Crassoa | ||
(modelled on | (modelled on an unknown subject) still stands in front of the Colonial Stanora building, and many parks, squares, and schools in the colony are named in honour of the spurious Crassoa. However, some families with ties to the islands do bear the surname Crassoa, as for many decades during | ||
Kirosocialism it was bestowed on children of unknown parentage raised in state-run orphanages. | Kirosocialism it was bestowed on children of unknown parentage raised in state-run orphanages. | ||