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Cheyenne (from the French pronunciation and spelling of the Dakota word Sahi'yena, a diminutive of Sahi'ya, a Dakotan name for the Cree people. [188]) Cheyenne River; Dubois (named after U.S. Senator Fred Dubois, of French-Canadian ancestry) Fontenelle; Fort Laramie; Fremont County (named for John C. Frémont, French-American pioneer and ...
This is a list of cities and towns whose names were officially changed at one or more points in history. It does not include gradual changes in spelling that took place over long periods of time. see also: Geographical renaming, List of names of European cities in different languages, and List of renamed places in the United States
Year City Region Country Notes 13,000 BC Wyam: Oregon: United States: 7500 BC Tlapacoya: Ixtapaluca: Mexico: 4000 BC Puerto Hormiga Culture: Cartagena: Colombia
These are the list of renamed places in the United States--- various political and physical entities in the U.S. that have had their names changed, though not by merger, split, or any other process which was not one-to-one. It also generally does not include differences due to a change in status, for example, a "River Bluff Recreation Area ...
The German Spitz was renamed the American Eskimo Dog. In 1918, the town of Germania, Iowa, was renamed Lakota, Iowa. In 1918, the town of New Berlin, Ohio, was renamed North Canton, Ohio. [17] Sauerkraut was marketed in the US as "liberty cabbage." Salisbury steak was used as an alternative name for hamburgers.
Nuuk renamed from Godthåb in 1979, following the introduction of the Home Rule. Orenburg was renamed Chkalov from 1938 to 1957, after Valery Chkalov and renamed Orenburg in 1957. Oslo, Norway renamed Christiania when rebuilt after fire in 1624. Spelled Kristiania between 1877 and 1925 when the name returned to Oslo.
List of adjectival and demonymic forms of place names; List of adjectivals and demonyms of astronomical bodies; List of adjectival and demonymic forms for countries and nations; List of administrative division name changes; List of placenames of Indigenous origin in the Americas; List of renamed places in Angola; List of Arabic place names
Canso and the surrounding islands were involved in the French and English struggles to control the area. 1604: L'Ile-aux-Marins: Saint Pierre and Miquelon: France: 1604 Saint Croix Island: Maine: United States Established in the summer of 1604 by a French expedition, led by Pierre Dugua, which included Samuel de Champlain.