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The Fascinating Origins of City Names in the US


How the 20 Biggest US Cities Got Their Names - Matador Network

... city's name is an important part of understanding a city's origin and history. This is how 20 of the biggest cities in the US were named. 1 ...

How 17 Great American Cities Got Their Names | Mental Floss

1. Atlanta The ATL was very nearly the MAR. · 2. Baltimore Charm City gets its name from Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Lord Baltimore, the first ...

What city in the US has the most interesting story behind its name?

In Blue Highways, William Least Heat-Moon drove around to all sorts of places with odd names to find out their origins. One I recall was ...

United States Place Names and the History Behind Them: The Cities ...

I've always known there are a lot of Lafayettes out there, but I didn't really know much about the man those U.S. cities were named for ...

Etymology of Ten U.S. Cities - ALTA Language Services

Albuquerque: Named for its founder, Francisco Fernandez de la Cueva, Duke of Albuquerque, the original word is derived from the Latin albus, meaning “white”, ...

Here's Where America's Towns And Cities Got Their Names | Digg

In one state, Greece is the most common country of origin for towns and cities with foreign names. ... Ever wondered where certain American ...

Stories Behind the Names of Great American Cities - The Getaway

Every city in the world has an origin story, and American cities are no exception. Early settlers often named new communities after ...

American Toponymy - SSP Innovations

An example is the city of Charleston, South Carolina named after King Charles II of England. Another example is Trenton, New Jersey named after ...

The Global Origins of Town Names in Every U.S. State (With Maps!)

American Towns and Cities Named After Places in the UK ... Among the great many names America borrowed from the United Kingdom is Boston, the most ...

15 U.S. City Names Borrowed From Other Countries - Daily Passport

While the names of U.S. cities and towns have a diverse set of influences — some come from Indigenous cultures, some are named after European royals, and so on ...

The Global Origins of Town Names in Every U.S. State (With Maps!)

The history of the United States is such, though, that many of its towns and cities have simply been given names honoring other towns and cities elsewhere in ...

What is the origin of city and state names in the United ... - Quora

If there's an English place name that's the same as a US place name you can almost always bet the English had it first and the US copied it. How ...

See if you can guess the original names of these 16 iconic US cities

From New York City to San Francisco, cities across the US had different names in the past. Would you live in a city called The Clearing?

How Did U.S. Cities Get Their Names? - YouTube

... U.S. city name origins and uncover hidden stories from American ... the fascinating history behind the names of America's most iconic cities.

How 15 major cities got their names - Thrillist

The original settlers of America's hipster Mecca -- Asa Lovejoy of Boston and Francis Pettygrove of Portland, ME -- both wanted to name this new ...

Lists of North American place name etymologies - Wikipedia

Mexican state name etymologies · Canadian provincial name etymologies · Origins of names of cities in Canada · List of U.S. places named after non-U.S. places ...

The Origin of American Place Names. - HubPages

Have you ever wondered how the names of those American cities came to be? Let us look at the origin of American place names and see how some ...

The strange, fun and fascinating stories behind Bay Area city names

San Ramon, however, is named after a normal fellow named Ramon. According to the city history, Ramon was a Native American vaquero who tended ...

Origins of Major City Names - YouTube

In this video, we discuss the origin of the names of the major cities of the planet Earth. How and why they're called what they're called.

How do place names differ across America?

The name assigned to the Q'lispé people and the land they occupied, and ultimately the county that land would become — Pend Oreille — originated ...