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After they were actually American, they resorted to “What it was called by the people who lived here first, but pronounced wrong”
who lived here first
Sounds like they still live here. And sounds like they were a homogeneous mass. There were differnt cultures living together and to choose a word they used, is a nice gesture, but still it was the whites who decided which one to pick
Hey, that’s just not true. Sure, the name of my state is Wisconsin, but we also have names based on “What it was called by the French, but pronounced wrong,” like Beloit (“buh-loit”), Butte des Morts (“boo-da-more”), and Lac Courte Oreilles (“la-coo-der-ray”).
Sometimes they didn’t even do that much. Which is why there’s a Portland in Maine and a Portland in Oregon
I know, we’ll call it New Amsterdam!! How clever and inspired. Wait - wouldn’t New YORK be better? Oh man you just read my mind.
Laughs in Newcastle, Newmarket, Newport, Newbury, Newton and Newspaper
My hamster lives in Newspaper!
But obviously pronounced wrong.
New Prague, MN, for example (/nu pɹeɪg/)
New Praha, MN
I think there is above 50 cities named “Villeneuve” in France (literraly meaning "New City)
There are 15 cities in the world named Paris.
14 of them are in America.
The other is in Canada
I believe there’s one in France too.
There is one in Russia. So i conclude the number above is bullshit
Stop writing New before everything and just add a 2 at the end
Instructions unclear. Named 8 cities Bismark.
Uhhh, buddy? Most of those were Europeans born in “city name” who moved and founded “new city name” because they were born in “city name.” This is a you thing.
People have always had a lack of creativity.
When the Greeks were settling around the Mediterranean they founded many ‘New Cities’, (Neapolis). One remained a ‘new city’ for long enough for the name to evolve to Naples.
The Phoenicians did the same, in their language ‘New City’ was Qart Hadasht, we now call it Carthage. One of the Carthages in what is now Spain was conquered by Rome and to differentiate it from the Capital of the Carthaginians they called it Carthago Nova, essentially New New City.
New new city - final - fixed - rev 3 - last.xlsx
Poland, Indiana Poland, Maine Poland, Chautauqua County, New York Poland, Herkimer County, New York Poland, Ohio Poland Township, Mahoning County, Ohio Poland, WisconsinMy favorite is East Palestine, Ohio, named for being east of Palestine, Ohio. It is very far west of Palestine.
even further east of Palestine
Canada did it right, and just named the city without adding new.
London Ontario, Paris Ontario, Berlin Ontario (before it was renamed over a minor European dispute).
Unfortunately Nova Scotia was already called that before it joined.
No one even mentioned Georgia, the country that constantly gets advertising targeted for Georgia, the state.
