Used to seeing Cityname, State. But today I saw Countryname, State with Jamaica, Vermont. Huh. Looked it up and confirmed that really is a town in the United States of America. Thought that was funny.

  • corsicanguppy ( corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca ) English
    5·
    15 days ago

    There’s two Canadas in America, but the bizarre one is like 14 Parises (but they don’t count here). Also:

    • Peru, IN / Peru, IL / Peru, NY / Peru, Maine
    • Mexico, MO / Mexico, NY / Mexico, Maine
    • Cuba, MO / Cuba, NY / Cuba, AL / Cuba, NM
    • Columbia, MO / Columbia, SC / Columbia, MD - Columbia is everywhere (technically old poetic name for America, but same root as Colombia)
    • Panama City, FL / Panama, IA / Panama, OK
    • Brazil, IN
    • Lebanon, TN / Lebanon, PA / Lebanon, OR / Lebanon, OH / Lebanon, NJ
    • Palestine, TX / Palestine, IL / Palestine, OH
    • Jordan, MN / Jordan, MT / Jordan, NJ
    • Chad, WV
    • Jamaica, Queens, NY / Jamaica, IA / Jamaica, VT
    • China, ME / China, TX / China Township, MI
    • Italy, TX / Italy, NY
    • Greece, NY (suburb of Rochester)
    • Poland, OH / Poland, ME / Poland, NY
    • Norway, ME / Norway, MI / Norway, SC
    • Sweden, NY / Sweden, ME
    • Denmark, SC / Denmark, ME / Denmark, WI
    • Holland, MI
    • England, AR
    • Ireland, IN
    • Scotland, TX / Scotland, SD
    • Wales, WI / Wales, ME
    • Bolivia, NC
    • Emotional_Series7814 ( Emotional_Series7814@piefed.zip ) OPEnglish
      2·
      15 days ago

      Thanks for the list. I wonder if there is a name for this type of occurrence?

      On another note,

      Columbia is everywhere (technically old poetic name for America, but same root as Colombia)

      Thy banners make tyranny tremble,
      When borne by the red, white, and blue.
      When borne by the red, white, and blue.

      spoiler

      Columbia, Gem of the Ocean

      Thanks for the reminder!

    • zabadoh ( zabadoh@ani.social ) 
      2·
      15 days ago

      “cañada” with the accent over the “n” in Spanish means “gully” or “cattle track” so there’s a freeway exit for “Cañada Road” that I drive past every now and then.

    • calliope ( calliope@retrolemmy.com ) 
      2·
      15 days ago

      These are so fun to me.

      There is a Norway, Illinois as well! It did, in fact, have a large Norwegian population. It’s the site of the state of Illinois’s Norwegian Settlers Memorial.

      Don’t get me started on foreign city names, too. In Illinois there’s an Athens (ay-thens), a Marseilles (marr-sales) and a Cairo (Kay-Roh) Illinois. Pekin, of course (named after Peking, China). There’s also a Pekin, Ohio.