• @Klear
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    108 months ago

    The city of York used to be called Amsterdam before, right?

    • ArxCyberwolf
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      108 months ago

      I think so. Why they changed it? I can’t say, seems they just liked it better that way.

    • SokathHisEyesOpen
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      108 months ago

      Even old New York was once New Amsterdam

      Why they changed it I can’t say

      People just liked it better that way

      • @[email protected]
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        38 months ago

        The Dutch “lost” New York to the English. They surrendered when a large force of Englishmen demanded the surrender of the city. It had been awarded to the Duke of York. Hence the name.