TIL That the word "Idaho" is completely meaningless. The lobbyist who suggested the name lied about it being a Shoshone word for "gem of the mountains" and congress didn't bother verifying the claim.

http://www.visitidaho.org/press/about/idahos_name.htm



Submitted January 28, 2015 at 10:01PM by Tattoomyvagina http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2tz587/til_that_the_word_idaho_is_completely_meaningless/