Livid-Painting1 on May 16, 2026 4:03 am Europe naming cities for centuries and we still out here calling everything New something.
Uncle_Seamont on May 16, 2026 4:15 am Where do you think the “Americans” naming the cities came from??
MightBeAGoodIdea on May 16, 2026 4:34 am How many New Cities were named that before independence though? Pretty sure Europeans named most of them on the east coast anyway.
NickWentHiking on May 16, 2026 4:39 am I love all the shitty small Midwest towns with biblical city names.
rocketts66 on May 16, 2026 4:43 am Kitchener, Ontario, Canada was originally called “New Berlin” but was renamed to Kitchener, named after the heinous General, during WW1
dragonflamehotness on May 16, 2026 4:49 am It’s funny telling people new york is named after a medium sized british city where people sound like Game of Thrones
Breddit2099 on May 16, 2026 4:54 am Americans weren’t a thing really when those cities were named. Europeans named those cities.
Yejus on May 16, 2026 5:04 am They didn’t even bother to add “New” in some cases. I’m looking at you, Cambridge, MA.
Majestic-Crab9855 on May 16, 2026 5:13 am Fights a whole war with england. Names a whole region “new england”.
SpanishAvenger on May 16, 2026 5:24 am Meanwhile, the Spanish in America: **El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles de Porciúncula** **Ciudad de la Trinidad en el Puerto de Santa María de los Buenos Aires** **La muy noble y leal ciudad de nuestra señora Santa María de la Asunción**
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oh yeah how’s your Old York doing?
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Replace Europe with World lol
Europe naming cities for centuries and we still out here calling everything New something.
Moron
My fred copy my paper in exam time
Where do you think the “Americans” naming the cities came from??
How many New Cities were named that before independence though? Pretty sure Europeans named most of them on the east coast anyway.
I love all the shitty small Midwest towns with biblical city names.
Kitchener, Ontario, Canada was originally called “New Berlin” but was renamed to Kitchener, named after the heinous General, during WW1
lot of native origin names as well
Yeah… I grew up in NEW Hampton, NEW Hampshire
It’s funny telling people new york is named after a medium sized british city where people sound like Game of Thrones
Americans weren’t a thing really when those cities were named.
Europeans named those cities.
Long live New Amsterdam
Did that go how you thought it was gonna go, OP?
They didn’t even bother to add “New” in some cases. I’m looking at you, Cambridge, MA.
Wait… what’s the story with New Mexico?
Fights a whole war with england. Names a whole region “new england”.
Long live the new king I guesss.
*New Zealand has entered the chat.*
Meanwhile, the Spanish in America:
**El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles de Porciúncula**
**Ciudad de la Trinidad en el Puerto de Santa María de los Buenos Aires**
**La muy noble y leal ciudad de nuestra señora Santa María de la Asunción**
Europeans naming American cities*