Notsi, not Nazi

Maybe they could name the road Yahtzee?

Town nixes 'Notsi' name for new road

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) - Officials in an Adirondack town have rejected a request that a road in a new subdivision be named Notsi (NAHT'-see).

Last night, the town board in North Elba -- which includes the village of Lake Placid -- sent the request back to the Essex County Enhanced 9-1-1. The agency had wanted two new roads in the John Brown subdivision to be given the Cherokee names of Atali -- which means mountain -- and Notsi -- spelled N-O-T-S-I. It means pine tree.

But town officials objected to the second name, saying it sounded too much like Nazi -- N-A-Z-I.

The county's 9-1-1 office has been asked to find more appropriate names. It's not clear why names from an American Indian tribe from outside the region were chosen.

The John Brown subdivision is named for the famed abolitionist who tried to organize an armed slave rebellion prior to the Civil War. He's buried just outside Lake Placid.

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