So it is to avoid confusion when they write “PARIS, FRANCE” in films when they show the Eiffel tower, the Arc de Triomphe, the Notre-Dame and the Louvre in establishing shots. Good to know 👍
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.
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.
<span style="color:#323232;">Poland, Indiana
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Poland, Maine
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Poland, Chautauqua County, New York
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Poland, Herkimer County, New York
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Poland, Ohio
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Poland Township, Mahoning County, Ohio
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Poland, Wisconsin
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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.
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