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It's even more entertaining.

For example Manna-hatta was renamed by Europeans (specifically the Dutch) New Amsterdam and later renamed again by Europeans (this time the English) as New York.

By the time there were officially "Americans" (i.e. after the Independence of the United States) the deed was already done.

Wait until you hear about Latin American colonizers taking inspiration in the cities of "Granada", "Córdoba" and "Santiago" to name their cities "Granada", "Córdoba" and "Santiago". At least Venezuela changed a couple letters from Venezia.

Still better than I'd do naming things. It'd just be Landplace 1, Landplace 2, etc.

No new Scunthorpe though, for some reason 🤔

Sometimes they didn't even do that much. Which is why there's a Portland in Maine and a Portland in Oregon

It’s actually more like “Noo”.

You need all the inspiration you can get .