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Etymologies of North American States/Provinces.
by u/Aofen
Several states/provinces are named after places somewhere else.
Hampshire and York are both in England.
Nova Scotia means New Scotland
Leon and Durango are both in Spain
Brunswick is Braunschweig in Germany
Jersey is an Island in the British Channel
Potosi is a city in Bolivia
and Wyoming originally was a valley in Pennsylvania
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