Why wasn't New York called New London ?

>>66970411
person who named it envisaged York, not London

It was already taken

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_London,_Connecticut

>>66970411
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Madrid,_Missouri

made me cogitare a bit desu

In England, Boston is a literally who town in the county neighbouring Cambridge's
Massachusetts really cocked that up

How many Berlins do we have? How many Paris'?

>>66970949
You have a Paris in Texas IIRC

>>66970971
And in Arkansas too

Is there Zealand in Britain?

>>66971017
Nah, Zeeland is in the Netherlands

>>66971001
And Ohio.

>>66971017
You're thinking of Zeeland in The Netherlands

>>66971032
>>66971043
I didn't know that, thanks

>>66971064
No worries
Why are Tokyo and Kyoto anagrams of eachother?

>>66970411
New York was a Dutch settlement initially. The brits took it roughly the same time as South Africa iirc

>>66970411
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_London,_Connecticut

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/York

>>66971094
It has something to do with the Japanese words that make it up (Tokyo meaning "eastern capital" and Kyoto basically just meaning "capital")

>>66971127
Dumbass

>>66971034
OHIO
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>>66971207
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Amsterdam

>>66971255
The Brits took south Africa ( parts of it) during the Napoleon wars

>>66970949
There are multiple berlins across germany lmao

>>66970949
I'm pretty sure you also got some Lyons and Montpelliers and probably loads of other shit too

>>66971291
Yeah I thought I had that part wrong

>>66970411
Please stop this. I will not have anything named after fucking island monkeys in my beautiful cunt.

>>66971337
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locations_in_the_United_States_with_an_English_name

>>66971361
>none in Oregon
Thank fuck

>>66971424
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle_of_Portland

>>66971094
>>66971155
the kyo in both names means capital. to to in kyoto also means capital, whereas the to in tokyo means east. just a coincidence really.