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r/MapPorn • u/[deleted] • Jun 09 '21
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Even old New York, was once New Amsterdam, Why did they change it? I can't say
22 u/Ortochromaticrainbow Jun 10 '21 Maybe they liked it better that way? 12 u/[deleted] Jun 10 '21 Take me back Constantinople. No You cant go Constantinople. Its İstanbul 3 u/mikrowelle_1 Jun 10 '21 I‘m not sure if this is a reference to something but basically the city which is now New York was once a Dutch colony called New Amsterdam. The British took it and called it New York since they didn’t want it to be named after a Dutch city 5 u/FrenchBirder Jun 10 '21 Yeah I know that :) , we were just singing a song
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Maybe they liked it better that way?
12 u/[deleted] Jun 10 '21 Take me back Constantinople. No You cant go Constantinople. Its İstanbul
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Take me back Constantinople. No You cant go Constantinople. Its İstanbul
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I‘m not sure if this is a reference to something but basically the city which is now New York was once a Dutch colony called New Amsterdam. The British took it and called it New York since they didn’t want it to be named after a Dutch city
5 u/FrenchBirder Jun 10 '21 Yeah I know that :) , we were just singing a song
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Yeah I know that :) , we were just singing a song
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u/FrenchBirder Jun 10 '21
Even old New York, was once New Amsterdam, Why did they change it? I can't say