2007-12-14 09:35:56 · 7 answers · asked by SuperSkinny 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Many times a new place is named after an old place.
New York, New Jersey, New Haarlem, New England are all fine examples.
2007-12-14 09:40:20 · answer #1 · answered by Peter D 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because America was a big, empty continent with very little history accesible to its European discoverers, so they had to import names.
Just about every name in America is either from the Native Americans or the Old World. Boston, for example, is named after a small town in the UK.
2007-12-14 09:44:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's very common to name things after famous places or people. New York is such a renaming of a York in England. Virgina is a reference to a british queen...etc.
2007-12-14 09:43:18 · answer #3 · answered by Rance D 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
That's Babylon. There's also a Jericho on Long Island. It is basically because we're a relatively new country, made up of immigrants from all over the world, and names were given to honor where we came from, or our carried-over traditions.
2007-12-14 09:42:28 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Countries like the states were populated by people from other countries.These people wanted to remember something from home so they named the settlements after their home town. I don't know why Springfield was so popular I think there's one in every state.
2007-12-14 09:45:53 · answer #5 · answered by JT 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why do states name cities after other states ie Oregon, IL.
2007-12-14 09:40:15 · answer #6 · answered by HALLALJPAA 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because the founders used names from other towns or citys in their original country.
2007-12-14 09:39:14 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋