This, combined with competition from indigo plantations in Central America and Spanish Florida that could harvest five to six crops a year, compared with Georgia and Carolina's two or three crops annually, caused colonial American indigo production to collapse.
Biblical context. The Biblical baby name Joseph is Hebrew in origin and its meaning is increase, Jehovah has multiplied. Joseph is pronounced jo-safe'. Joseph is the name of many men in the Bible. Some of them are mentioned below: Joseph was the elder son of Jacob and Rachael. He was his father's favorite.
The name was associated with the Greek âkatharosâ' meaning 'pure.' Our modern use of the Greek-derived âcatharsis,â (to purge or cleanse), also lends to C/Katherine's association with ideas of purity and innocence. The byname Katie developed into an independent name in her own right in the 20th century.