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Etymology of the placename Idlewild
The oldest mentions I could find are a park in Pennsylvania, which started as a picnic grounds in 1878 and eventually became an amusement park; and Idlewild Golf Course, where JFK International Airport in Queens was built and took its earlier name.
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[/nq] Is is not more likely to be derivation of or origin of as its etymology is its meaning which is obvious. There is also a book named it. Its probably just a conjoined word like shady pines or sleepyhollow and so on.
- [/nq] Is is not more likely to be derivation of or origin of as its etymology is its meaning which is obvious.
- There is also a book named it.
- Its probably just a conjoined word like shady pines or sleepyhollow and so on.
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[nq:1]The oldest mentions I could find are a park in Pennsylvania, which started as a picnic grounds in 1878 and eventually became an amusement park; and Idlewild Golf Course, where JFK International Airport in Queens was built and took its earlier name.[/nq]
Is is not more likely to be derivation of or origin of as its etymology is its meaning which is obvious. There is also a book named it.
Is is not more likely to be derivation of or origin of as its etymology is its meaning which is obvious. There is also a book named it.
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It may be connected to a german or swiss german term. Its sound like a sugary song about switzerland for some reason.
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[nq:1]The oldest mentions I could find are a park in Pennsylvania, which started as a picnic grounds in 1878 and eventually became an amusement park; and Idlewild Golf Course, where JFK International Airport in Queens was built and took its earlier name.[/nq]
Brewer's suggests it is from an opinion of early settlers that the place was idyllic in the wilds.
John Dean
Oxford
Brewer's suggests it is from an opinion of early settlers that the place was idyllic in the wilds.
John Dean
Oxford
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[nq:1]It may be connected to a german or swiss german term. Its sound like a sugary song about switzerland for some reason.[/nq]
Edelweiss, Edelweiss
Every morning you greet me
Small and white, clean and bright
You look happy to meet me
does not sound as if it was written about an airport.
Tony Cooper
Orlando, FL
Edelweiss, Edelweiss
Every morning you greet me
Small and white, clean and bright
You look happy to meet me
does not sound as if it was written about an airport.
Tony Cooper
Orlando, FL
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[nq:2]It may be connected to a german or swiss german term. Its sound like a sugary song about switzerland for some reason.[/nq]
[nq:1]Edelweiss, Edelweiss Every morning you greet me Small and white, clean and bright You look happy to meet me does not sound as if it was written about an airport. Tony Cooper Orlando, FL[/nq]
Thats it! Lucky airport!
[nq:1]Edelweiss, Edelweiss Every morning you greet me Small and white, clean and bright You look happy to meet me does not sound as if it was written about an airport. Tony Cooper Orlando, FL[/nq]
Thats it! Lucky airport!
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[nq:1]It may be connected to a german or swiss german term. Its sound like a sugary song about switzerland for some reason.[/nq]
Austria is not spelled 'switzerland.' But neither is Switzerland.
Austria is not spelled 'switzerland.' But neither is Switzerland.
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[nq:2]It may be connected to a german or swiss german term. Its sound like a sugary song about switzerland for some reason.[/nq]
[nq:1]Edelweiss, Edelweiss Every morning you greet me Small and white, clean and bright You look happy to meet me does not sound as if it was written about an airport.[/nq]
**** right.
It was about an airline:
[nq:1]Edelweiss, Edelweiss Every morning you greet me Small and white, clean and bright You look happy to meet me does not sound as if it was written about an airport.[/nq]
**** right.
It was about an airline:
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[nq:2]It may be connected to a german or swiss german term. Its sound like a sugary song about switzerland for some reason.[/nq]
[nq:1]Edelweiss, Edelweiss Every morning you greet me Small and white, clean and bright You look happy to meet me does not sound as if it was written about an airport.[/nq]
Theodore Bikel recounts that it was the last song written for the show because his charact
[nq:1]Edelweiss, Edelweiss Every morning you greet me Small and white, clean and bright You look happy to meet me does not sound as if it was written about an airport.[/nq]
Theodore Bikel recounts that it was the last song written for the show because his charact
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[nq:1]Edelweiss, Edelweiss Every morning you greet me Small and white, clean and bright You look happy to meet me does not sound as if it was written about an airport.[/nq]
Idlewild, Idlewild
Stink of paraffin to greet me
Landing lights, gleaming bright
Set in concrete all streetie
Wouldn't it be of Dutch origin, something like Paradise Garden such as IdealField? (Not having a
Idlewild, Idlewild
Stink of paraffin to greet me
Landing lights, gleaming bright
Set in concrete all streetie
Wouldn't it be of Dutch origin, something like Paradise Garden such as IdealField? (Not having a
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[nq:2]The oldest mentions I could find are a park in ... Airport in Queens was built and took its earlier name.[/nq]
[nq:1]Brewer's suggests it is from an opinion of early settlers that the place was idyllic in the wilds. [/nq]
There's an Idyllwild in California.
You cannot compromise an artist's vision.
Ed Wood
[nq:1]Brewer's suggests it is from an opinion of early settlers that the place was idyllic in the wilds. [/nq]
There's an Idyllwild in California.
You cannot compromise an artist's vision.
Ed Wood
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