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The Europeans that went to America were the ones doing that though

Meanwhile, the Americans that didn't even put "new" in front of the city name and just called it Paris, Texas or some shit.

There are 15 cities in the world named Paris.

14 of them are in America.

I mean, it's a bunch of immigrants naming things after their home. Or it's a bunch colonists claiming things... For their home.

And then there's the Amish, who gave their towns names like Intercourse and Bird in Hand.

People have always had a lack of creativity.

When the Greeks were settling around the Mediterranean they founded many 'New Cities', (Neapolis). One remained a 'new city' for long enough for the name to evolve to Naples.

The Phoenicians did the same, in their language 'New City' was Qart Hadasht, we now call it Carthage. One of the Carthages in what is now Spain was conquered by Rome and to differentiate it from the Capital of the Carthaginians they called it Carthago Nova, essentially New New City.

I think there is above 50 cities named "Villeneuve" in France (literraly meaning "New City)

Laughs in Newcastle, Newmarket, Newport, Newbury, Newton and Newspaper

Even old New York used to be New Amsterdam...

It's weird they went with new instead of better. Maybe they weren't very optimistic.

Uhhh, buddy? Most of those were Europeans born in "city name" who moved and founded "new city name" because they were born in "city name." This is a you thing.

My favorite is East Palestine, Ohio, named for being east of Palestine, Ohio. It is very far west of Palestine.

But obviously pronounced wrong.

New Prague, MN, for example (/nu pɹeɪg/)

*Europeans naming cities in America

Tbf a lot of the ‘new[city]’ was given their names by the British empire expanding their land. Just look at Australian state names.. The Americans doing this in more recent times are simply following suit.

Europeans named the towns. People From Europe.

texas didnt even bother adding the "new"

Also Canada did this a bunch too

No New Shitterton, though. :(

No one even mentioned Georgia, the country that constantly gets advertising targeted for Georgia, the state.

New Zealand, named by America.

After they were actually American, they resorted to "What it was called by the people who lived here first, but pronounced wrong"

Stop writing New before everything and just add a 2 at the end

Essentially America came to be because they were looking to form a New Europe...so it tracks.

Come to NY.. we have Florida, and Poland within 50 miles of each other.

Canada did it right, and just named the city without adding new.

London Ontario, Paris Ontario, Berlin Ontario (before it was renamed over a minor European dispute).

Unfortunately Nova Scotia was already called that before it joined.