“We have a native American tribe or name for this place? Let’s go with that.”
When on the west coast:
“Anyone know Spanish? Yes? Ok, just pick something that sounds vaguely cool.”
Narrow-Ad-4280 on
Americans naming new towns on the Mississippi: “you’ll be a place in Egypt.”
kingwooj on
Or a Bible reference.
AuntieRupert on
Americans as they expanded west: We’ll take the land from the natives and name stuff in their languages to spite them. In fact, we’ll name stuff in areas from tribes who never even lived near that region! Hahaha!
MonoBlancoATX on
Ah yes, like everything from California to Florida.
Miami is a lovely ‘place in Europe’.
So are Los Angeles and Albuquerque and Santa Fe.
Vexonte on
Nah you could have a Town in the Midwest named after a town in New York named after a European poet.
Tbf most of the places on the east coast where named by europeans
Kind-Stomach6275 on
I live in fucking Town, ton.
(Kanata, Canada)
NXDIAZ1 on
And occasionally “We’re gonna take the name of the tribe we just displaced for this one.”
kungfusam on
It’s almost like the first Americans are *checks notes* Europeans
elreduro on
Even their most populated city (new york) is named after an european city (New York, Ukraine)
iwrestledarockonce on
We also have: place in the middle east, place in Africa, place from a novel, and place from space, and badly copied original name from eradicated nation.
Seriously though, the colonists came from Europe, what did you expect?
Lieby on
Hey now, it’s not always named for a town/city in Europe, sometimes it’s named for individuals who were important to the town’s history or is taken from the local Native Americans.
WolfCola_SalesRep on
Make sure you add “New” on the front to make a distinction
Ghostmaster145 on
I’m from New England. I have a friend who lives in old England. When I told him where I live he went on google maps and looked around. He became visibly shocked when one of the first towns near where I lived had the exact same name as the town he lives in
saltnotsugar on
What should we name this tiny farm town? Kind of reminds me of…Paris.
bearlysane on
When the three highway exits in order go to Lisbon, Palestine, and Liverpool.
accnzn on
i saw an interesting video talking about german pows in ww2 being brought to the midwest and one of the big parts of it was their shock at all the familiar names and titles
Or naming the town after the very tribe they destroyed
RFB-CACN on
Brazilians have three methods. Either a Catholic name (São Paulo, Natal, Santos), a literal description of what the land is (Porto Alegre, Campinas, Belo Horizonte) or a name in the native Tupi language, even if the land was never inhabited by Tupi people (Cuiabá, Aracaju, Maceió).
C_Werner on
Go to Wisconsin. We actually kept the Native tribes names in a lot of cases. Chequamegon, Winocqua, Ocononowoc, Winnebago, Weyauwega, etc.
Jumpin-jacks113 on
I’m from the East Coast. A lot of the place names around me were given to areas by people born in Europe.
It’s should be labeled “Europeans naming new towns..”
Kaiisim on
To be fair most European city names are just ancient ways to say “Bills Village” or “Place with lots of wild boar.”
Bokbok95 on
Places in the Middle East feeling real left out of this make
quayle-man on
Europeans*
Fixed it for ya
Cervus95 on
For the capital of North Dakota, they decided to switch it up and named it after the German Chancellor. Good thing they didn’t decide to make a tradition of it.
tawa2364 on
Pennsylvania Dutch really crossed an ocean just to end up in a place that looks exactly like Central/Southwest Germany
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and canadians
When renaming towns:
“You’ll be a DIFFERENT place in Europe.”
When in the mddle of the country:
“We have a native American tribe or name for this place? Let’s go with that.”
When on the west coast:
“Anyone know Spanish? Yes? Ok, just pick something that sounds vaguely cool.”
Americans naming new towns on the Mississippi: “you’ll be a place in Egypt.”
Or a Bible reference.
Americans as they expanded west: We’ll take the land from the natives and name stuff in their languages to spite them. In fact, we’ll name stuff in areas from tribes who never even lived near that region! Hahaha!
Ah yes, like everything from California to Florida.
Miami is a lovely ‘place in Europe’.
So are Los Angeles and Albuquerque and Santa Fe.
Nah you could have a Town in the Midwest named after a town in New York named after a European poet.
[Ontario be like](https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fzhp2c11izm541.jpg)
Tbf most of the places on the east coast where named by europeans
I live in fucking Town, ton.
(Kanata, Canada)
And occasionally “We’re gonna take the name of the tribe we just displaced for this one.”
It’s almost like the first Americans are *checks notes* Europeans
Even their most populated city (new york) is named after an european city (New York, Ukraine)
We also have: place in the middle east, place in Africa, place from a novel, and place from space, and badly copied original name from eradicated nation.
Seriously though, the colonists came from Europe, what did you expect?
Hey now, it’s not always named for a town/city in Europe, sometimes it’s named for individuals who were important to the town’s history or is taken from the local Native Americans.
Make sure you add “New” on the front to make a distinction
I’m from New England. I have a friend who lives in old England. When I told him where I live he went on google maps and looked around. He became visibly shocked when one of the first towns near where I lived had the exact same name as the town he lives in
What should we name this tiny farm town? Kind of reminds me of…Paris.
When the three highway exits in order go to Lisbon, Palestine, and Liverpool.
i saw an interesting video talking about german pows in ww2 being brought to the midwest and one of the big parts of it was their shock at all the familiar names and titles
[The canadians, using 100% of their brain](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dildo,_Newfoundland_and_Labrador)
Or naming the town after the very tribe they destroyed
Brazilians have three methods. Either a Catholic name (São Paulo, Natal, Santos), a literal description of what the land is (Porto Alegre, Campinas, Belo Horizonte) or a name in the native Tupi language, even if the land was never inhabited by Tupi people (Cuiabá, Aracaju, Maceió).
Go to Wisconsin. We actually kept the Native tribes names in a lot of cases. Chequamegon, Winocqua, Ocononowoc, Winnebago, Weyauwega, etc.
I’m from the East Coast. A lot of the place names around me were given to areas by people born in Europe.
It’s should be labeled “Europeans naming new towns..”
To be fair most European city names are just ancient ways to say “Bills Village” or “Place with lots of wild boar.”
Places in the Middle East feeling real left out of this make
Europeans*
Fixed it for ya
For the capital of North Dakota, they decided to switch it up and named it after the German Chancellor. Good thing they didn’t decide to make a tradition of it.
Pennsylvania Dutch really crossed an ocean just to end up in a place that looks exactly like Central/Southwest Germany