• nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    5 months ago

    New England has two types of place names. Old English colonial names and Native ones. Like a river called Woonasquatucket from the very same state you mentioned, Rhode Island.

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      5 months ago

      Interesting.

      Here in Québec, most towns and villages either have a native name, or saint’s name.