About Itasca
The name "Itasca" is derived from the Latin words "veritas" meaning "truth" and "caput" meaning "head." It is often associated with Lake Itasca, the primary source of the Mississippi River in Minnesota. The name signifies the concept of truth or the beginning, symbolizing the origin or headwaters of a significant entity, such as a river.
Here's how to represent Itasca in Braille, with each pattern of raised dots corresponding to a letter of the name.
The image below shows how you can spell Itasca using American Sign Language (ASL). In sign language, each hand shape corresponds to a specific a letter of the name.