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Bay is a surname used in many countries around the world. The name has many variations and meanings. The name has many variations and meanings. English, French, and Dutch: nickname for someone with chestnut or auburn hair, from Middle English, Old French bay, bai, Middle Dutch bay ‘reddish brown’ (Latin badius , used originally of horses).
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a surname Ball's Town, Ballton Bethlehem: Albany in honor of the religious in the community English Bleecker: Fulton Barent Bleecker, early settler surname of possible Dutch origin Bloodville: Saratoga Isaiah Blood, operator of the Ballston Axe & Scythe Works English Boght: Albany bend of river Dutch Groesbeck's Corners Brunswick: Rensselaer
Counties of New York Location State of New York Number 62 Populations 5,082 (Hamilton) – 2,561,225 (Kings) Areas 33.77 square miles (87.5 km 2) (New York) – 2,821 square miles (7,310 km 2) (St. Lawrence) Government County government Subdivisions Cities, Towns, Indian Reservations Part of a series on Regions of New York Downstate New York New York City Long Island Hudson Valley (Lower ...
Others carry the prefix "New"; for example, the largest city in the US, New York, was named after York because King Charles II gave the land to his brother, James, the Duke of York (later James II). [1] [2] Some places, such as Hartford, Connecticut, bear an archaic spelling of an English place (in this case Hertford).
They are Upper New York Bay and Lower New York Bay. The term New York Harbor usually refers to Upper New York Bay and the surrounding Port of New York and New Jersey, but sometimes is taken to be a synonym for New York Bay. Upper New York Bay includes several islands. Liberty Island is the location of the Statue of Liberty.