The 2023 annular solar eclipse made landfall in the US in Oregon and then moved south east towards Texas and then crossed a number of countries in Central and South America. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes directly between the Earth and Sun, but does not completely cover the Sun's disk. Instead, it covers most of the Sun, leaving its outer edge visible as a bright ring or “annulus” around the darkened Moon.
US towns in the path of the 2023 partial solar eclipse
Oregon:
Winchester Bay, Yachats (meaning: dark water at the foot of the mountain), Coquille (meaning: any dish, especially seafood, served in a scallop shell), Glide, Veneta (Italian: related to Venice; Slavic: Flower wreath; Celtic: kind and merciful), Newport, Eugene, Springfield, Prospect, Oakridge, Depoe Bay, Chiloquin (version of a Klamath family name Chaloquin, who was a Klamath chief), Eagle Point, Klamath Falls, Corvallis, Bonanza, Silver Lake, Paisley, Lakeview, Sweet Home, Christmas Valley, Plush, Wagontire.
California:
The eclipse crossed over the northeast corner of California. Towns include: Cedarville (a census-designated place), Fort Bidwell (a census-designated place), Lake City (a census-designated place), Tulelake, Newell (meaning: Christmas, New Town, Noel, a central pillar of a winding staircase), Alturas (meaning: height, loftiness, mountain summit, heavens), Eagleville.
Nevada:
Vya (Sanskrit: arranger, incendiary, mischief-maker, veil), Sulphur, Winnemucca (meaning: one moccasin, the giver, named after the 19th-century Chief Winnemucca of the local Northern Paiute tribe — his daughter, Sarah, advocated for education and fair treatment of the Paiute and Shoshone tribes in the area), Cordero (meaning: young lamb, shepherd), Rebel Creek, Paradise Valley, Golconda (meaning: mine, source of wealth, capital of a former Muslim kingdom famous for diamond cutting), Imlay, Valmy (meaning: The Battle of Valmy; a planned close-combat battle), Battle Mountain, Rebel Creek (an unincorporated community in Humboldt County), Beowawe (meaning: one who has a large posterior or “big wagon”; a Paiute Native American word meaning “gate”), Unionville, Tuscarora (name of one of the original Iroquois nations), Shanty Town, Osino (common in Kenya, meaning: impenetrable, ruthless character, strong will), Alpha, Eureka, Hamilton, Wells.
Utah:
Gold Hill (an unincorporated community), Gandy (meaning: trickery, dancer, a laborer in a railroad gang that lays or maintains track), Ibapah (meaning: clay colored water), Delta, Eskdale (name of former lordship in the county of Dumfriesshire, Scotland), Garrison, Black Rock, Frisco, Delta, Beaver, Richfield, Monroe, Salina (moon goddess), Loa (spirits of Haitian Vodou), Torrey (meaning: victorious leader and conqueror), Parowan (Native American name meaning evil water), Ticaboo (Paiute word meaning “friendly”), Ephraim (a son of Joseph and the traditional eponymous ancestor of one of the tribes of Israel; Hebrew name meaning fruitful, fertile and productive), Navajo Mountain, Oljato-Monument Valley, Monticello (name of the home of Thomas Jefferson, meaning “small mountain”).
Arizona:
Kayenta (name of the branch of the Anasazi culture), Tsegi (Navajo descriptive term for deep canyons with sheer walls), Teec Nos Pos (Navajo word meaning circle of cottonwood trees), Many Farms, Shonto (Navajo word meaning “sunshine springs”), Tsaile (Navajo word meaning “where the water flows into the canyon”), Chinle (Navajo word meaning “flowing out”), Fort Defiance, Window Rock.
Colorado:
Cortez, Dove Creek, Dolores, Mancos. See top right corner of the image above.
New Mexico:
Farmington, Gallup, Grants, Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Shiprock, Tohatchi (Potawatomi word meaning “faithful friend”), Aztec, Nageezi (Navajo word meaning “squash”), Crownpoint, Church Rock, Counselor, Thoreau, Grants, Cuba, Belen (in Hebrew and Spanish: “Bethlehem” or “house of bread”; Greek: arrow; Spanish: madhouse), Los Alamos, Moriarty, Claunch (distinguished German surname; the Claunch coat of arms is one of the oldest colors known in ancient heraldry), Corona, Española, Vaughn, Villanueva, Carrizozo, Capitan, Lincoln, Santa Rosa, Acme, Roswell, Artesia, Carlsbad, Fort Sumner, Hope, Lovington, Monument, Hobbs, Eunice (meaning: good victory; daughter of the sea god Nereus and Oceanid Doris; the Nereid Eunice is always pictured as “rosy-armed” and fighting for good), Dora (meaning: god’s gift; also, short for Isadora), Loving.
Texas:
Denver City, Plains, Seminole, Seagraves, Andrews, Kermit, West Odessa, Odessa, Midland, Monahans (meaning: monk), Rankin, Iraan, Sterling City, Eldorado, Wall, Junction, Menard (meaning: bravery, strong, strength), Carta Valley, Eden, Utopia, Medina (Arabic: “city of the Prophet” and the second most holy city of Islam), Uvalde, Fredericksburg, Cain City, London, Comfort, San Antonio, San Angelo, Pleasanton, Kenedy, Freer, San Diego, Alice, Goliad (said to be an anagram of Hidalgo, for Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, the Mexican priest who led a revolt against Spanish rule in 1810; others believe the name may derive from the biblical Goliath), Sinton, Odem, Taft, Portland, Corpus Christi, Bishop, Kingsville, Riviera, Padre Island, Armstrong, Sarita (aka, the goddess Durga), Robstown, Jourdanton,
Sources:
National Eclipse. 2023 ANNULAR ECLIPSE CITIES.
National Eclipse. 2023 ECLIPSE MAPS.
NASA.
Google Maps & Wikipedia.