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.
Meaning of Joey. English name. In English, the name Joey means - Abbreviation of Joseph.. Other origins for the name Joey include - English, American, Hebrew.The name Joey is most often used as a boy name or male name. English Name Meaning - Abbreviation of Joseph.
Biblical name, from Hebrew Yaakov. This was borne by perhaps the most important of all the patriarchs in the Book of Genesis. Jacob was the father of twelve sons, who gave their names to the twelve tribes of Israel. He was the son of Isaac and Rebecca and twin brother of Esau.. Of uncertain origin, probably Germanic, from a short form of various female compound names containing the element av (of uncertain meaning). St Ava or Avia was a 9th-century abbess of Dinart in Hainault and a member of the Frankish royal family.