Переведите ,правильно. latin words started to be used in the names of english places a very long time ago. the latin word strata later developed into the english word street. the latin portus became the english port and is seen in the names of many english places: southpor, portland, portsmouth. the oldest names of places in the usa, as you can guess, are american indian. they are mostly the names of what people saw in nature: mountains, lakes, rivers and waterfalls. the name of americas greatest river, the mississippi, is made from two american india words: misi(great) and sipi(water). like all ancient names, these american indian names were passed on from american indian names were passed on from father to son by word of mouth. they were not written down, only spoken. europeans found the names very difficult to pronounce and so they said them in ways closer to their own languages. even in their changed form, the unusual and poetic sounds of the american indian words remain: niagara, chicago and others.