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  2. List of place names of French origin in the United States

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    Saint Paul (once known as Pig's Eye Landing after Pierre "Pig's Eye" Parrant - French: l'Oeil du Cochon, a French-Canadian trader and innkeeper, renamed Saint Paul by French-Canadian pastor Lucien Galtier when he built the first Roman Catholic chapel in the area) [180] Sedan (named after Sedan, France) Terrebonne ("good land")

  3. List of city name changes - Wikipedia

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    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

  4. List of politically motivated renamings - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Geographical renaming - Wikipedia

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    Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany, was founded as Stalinstadt after World War II to settle displaced people from the former eastern German territories, and was renamed during the De-Stalinization period in the Soviet Union. Faisalabad was known as Lyallpur (until the 1970s) in Pakistan. Flores, Guatemala. Formerly known as Santa María de los Remedios ...

  6. List of renamed places in the United States - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  7. List of former national capitals - Wikipedia

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    Throughout the world there are many cities that were once national capitals but no longer have that status because the country ceased to exist, the capital was moved, or the capital city was renamed. This is a list of such cities, sorted by country and then by date.

  8. List of cities in the Americas by year of foundation - Wikipedia

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    Founded by the French as Fort Michilimackinac. 1714: Natchitoches: Louisiana: United States: Oldest settlement in the Louisiana Purchase 1714: Antonina: Paraná: Brazil 1715 (prior to) Kekionga: Indiana: United States: Capital of the Miami tribe. 1716: Natchez: Mississippi: United States: Dates to the founding of Fort Rosalie by the French. [52 ...

  9. Lists of renamed places - Wikipedia

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    List of renamed cities and municipalities in the Philippines; List of renamed streets in Metro Manila Russia — List of renamed cities and towns in Russia Tajikistan — List of renamed cities in Tajikistan Turkey. Place name changes in Turkey Turkmenistan — List of renamed cities in Turkmenistan Uzbekistan — List of renamed cities in ...