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[-] PaulDrye@lemmings.world 10 points 3 weeks ago

It was the name the original Mormon settlers in Utah gave to the area.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_Deseret

[-] ALoafOfBread@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 weeks ago

Iirc Joeseph Smith claimed that was an ancient "Jaredite" word for honeybee.

The "Jaredites" were an imaginary people from Mesopotamia who left after the collapse of the tower of Babel in sealed boats and ended up in the good ol US of A.

Obviously there is no achaeological evidence for this group of people because Joeseph Smith made them up for his ~~cult~~ fanfic

[-] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 weeks ago

Yup, I linked it in my reply.

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