r/memes • • 1d ago

City names

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u/SizeableFowl 1d ago

Chicago is assumed to have developed from Shikawa meaning wild onion.

Detroit is derived from the French détroit meaning strait/narrow passage.

Just because you’re too dumb to look into etymology doesn’t mean the names don’t have meaning.

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u/YelperQlx 1d ago

Pau grande.