From the wiki article:
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The origin of the current name is controversial. The most common
explanation is that "Grand Teton" means "large teat" in French, named by
either French-Canadian or Iroquois members of an expedition led by
Donald McKenzie of the North West Company.[5] However, other historians
disagree, and claim that the mountain was named after the Teton Sioux
tribe of Native Americans.[6]
Chuck Norcutt
Dean Hansen wrote:
> Moose recently posted:
> "To this western USian, the "Great Tits" reference would only have
> applied to the putative contents of the undergarment when worn, not the
> birds."
> I heard that the Grand Teton Mountains were first viewed by a
> Frenchman, who fancied that they looked like the "putative contents"
> Moose mentions. Granted, my command of French is pretty meager, but
> doesn't Grand Tetons loosely translate to "nice tits"?
> I could be wrong.
> Dean
>
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