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[–] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 22 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

A lot of the time they didn't even bother appending "New." We have way too many Berlins, Manchesters, Lebanons, etc.

Our native-inspired place names are the superior place names, anyway.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_place_names_of_Native_American_origin_in_the_United_States