Names of cities/towns

dan sh

Yes I thought of the same. Many places were renamed during British rule in India as well which I think has something to with difficult pronunciation for people in West. Was there British empire in Canada as well? And what is so special about Halifax that there are three of them at least on the planet?

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Jorgen Andersson

A not so qualified guess. The founding people of the towns in US or Canada came from the named towns in UK. A curiosity, there is a place in Minnesota with the name Sweden.

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Henry Minute

One you forgot York - UK, New York - USA. As is the case with many of these, not restricted to UK placenames, people emigrating from Europe founded new towns and villages and named them after the place they originated from.

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dan sh

East Ham and Southall are the places to eat if you are looking for some real Indian food.

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Dalek Dave

d@nish wrote:

Was there British empire in Canada as well?

Er...Yes. The Queen is also Queen of Canada, she is the funny looking woman on the front of a Canadian Dollar. The French had it for a while, then General Wolfe[^] took it for the British.

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dan sh

Dalek Dave wrote:

she is the funny looking woman on the front of a Canadian Dollar.

Are you sure[^]?

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Dalek Dave

Interesting point to made here. Originally New York was a Dutch Colony called New Amsterdam, with part of the city called Harlem, after Haarlem in The Netherlands. The Dutch called the English Colonists 'John Cheeses', which in Dutch is Jan Kees. So the term Yankees actually means "The British", odd innit?

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Henry Minute

d@nish wrote:

East Ham and Southall are the places to eat if you are looking for some real Indian food.

You are quite right, and I should know. I used to manage the McDonald's in East Ham. :laugh:

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realJSOP

Considering many of the initial settlers on this continent were from Europe, no, it's not coincidental at all.

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Dalek Dave

Yes I am sure, that is the BACK of a C$5 note!

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Electron Shepherd

Henry Minute wrote:

York

Which is based on the Viking name, Yorvik...

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Gizz

I understand Manhattan was originally colonised by the Dutch, and so it was called New Amsterdam. The capital of New Netherlands. Later it was taken over by the Brits in 1674 and changed its name to New York.

RugbyLeague

Calgary in Canada is named after a tiny settlement on the Isle of Mull which is off the west coast of Scotland

Henry Minute

Yep, quite fascinating. Also the connection to the famous cigarette brand.

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Dalek Dave

No.6?

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dan sh

Henry Minute wrote:

I used to manage the McDonald's in East Ham

You come here and you snatch our jobs...

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Slacker007

There is a city named Lebanon here in the U.S. as well among other names shared with other countries.

Henry Minute

Isn't that Egg-Fried Rice?

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Rob Graham

British settlers recycled city names they were familiar with.

Lost User

You can find European city and town names in all the places that Europeans colonized but mostly new world (lands found through exploration) stuck to the names. But some like New Zealand makes it a point to be known by its indigenous name as well.

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