Most of the time they don't even bother with "New" ...
Or the original, correct pronounciation.
There's a Miami Oklahoma. Except it's pronounced My am uh. And if you say it wrong you will be corrected.
Edit - I'm dumb but the guy below me is not
Miami, Oklahoma is named after the Miami Indians who were originally from the northeastern midwest. places in Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan are named after them because that's where they're from. places in western Missouri/eastern Kansas, or Oklahoma/northern Texas are named after them because they were relocated there
Miami, Florida is named after the unrelated Mayaimi Indians who lived near Lake Okeechobee. the city is at the mouth of the river that begins at the lake
so most places named Miami are not "imitations" of Miami, Florida, and in fact have no relation at all
Good to know and that makes sense. Thank you!
I feel like you can't correct people if you can't even spell it right.
This town is the type of place where I suspect people can't spell at all. I've only been there twice, passing through.
Blushingly looks at Pennsylvania, USA
Juggsville, Virginville, Intercourse, Climax, Blue Ball, Bird In Hand...
a few others that stray far from OP
Edit: formatitting
I mean, weren't they essentially Europeans at the time? It's just people honoring their origins.
Memphis, Tennessee has entered the chat!
There's also a Shanghai, West Virginia
I like the spanish names of things. Here in colombia they name things like La Ceja (The eyebrow) or Belén (Bethlehem). We’re a super original species. /s
My state has a lot of original names, and the names are a little out there. My favorite game with people outside of my state is for them to pronounce city names
Minnesota represent. A lot of native names making it more unique on a global scale, ain't never seen a New Minneapolis.
I thought the more famous examples would be York, Orleans, Zeeland, England, etc
Or naming their country:
"bunch of states from this continent, that are together" →United States of America
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