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The suffix "-ville," from the French word for "city" is common for town and city names throughout the United States. Many originally French place names, possibly hundreds, in the Midwest and Upper West were replaced with directly translated English names once American settlers became locally dominant (e.g. "La Petite Roche" became Little Rock ...
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
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 city changed its name to "Eastpointe" after a vote in 1992; the name change had been proposed to reduce its association with the adjacent city of Detroit (a move that offended many Detroit residents), and the "-pointe" is intended to associate the city with the exclusive communities of the Grosse Pointes.
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.
First city founded by Europeans, although not continuously inhabited, in Puerto Rico. Abandoned in 1521 with the removal of the capital to San Juan. 1510 Santa Maria la Antigua del Darien: Urabá: Colombia First city founded by Europeans on the continent of South America. 1510 Nombre de Dios: Colon: Panama
In 1668, French Jesuit missionaries renamed it as Sault Sainte-Marie, and established a mission settlement (present-day Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan) on the river's south bank. Later, a fur trading post was established and the settlement expanded to include both sides of the river.
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 ...