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This is a list of place names in the United States that either are Dutch, were translated from Dutch, or were heavily inspired by a Dutch name or term. Many originate from the Dutch colony of New Netherland .
Amsterdam Island, Spitsbergen; Amsterdam Island, Southern Indian Ocean; Bear Island, Norway; Bedloe's Island, now Liberty Island, New York-NJ, USA; Block Island ...
In some cases the native meanings of a place name are wholly lost, despite guesses and theories, for example Tampa and Oregon. Place names in the United States tend to be more easily traceable to their origins, such as towns simply named after the founder or an important politician of the time, with no alterations except a simple suffix, like ...
It is near where Tasman first sighted Tasmania. The township of Zeehan, Tasmania near Mount Zeehan was established after the discovery of tin, lead and silver deposits in 1890. Geelvink Channel was named after a ship, but the ship was named after Joan Geelvinck; Vansittart Bay on the coast of Western Australia is a unique anomaly.
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This is a list of US places named after non-US places. In the case of this list, place means any named location that's smaller than a county or equivalent : cities , towns , villages , hamlets, neighborhoods, municipalities , boroughs , townships , civil parishes, localities, census-designated places , and some districts.
For example, Oxley is a place name in England, but Oxley, Queensland is named for the explorer John Oxley rather than the English place. Similarly, Kenilworth is a place name in England, but Kenilworth, Queensland is reportedly named after a novel of that name. In some cases the place name in England is that of a residence or farm; for example ...
A place in Virginia. Ballplay: It's named after a game Native Americans played to solve tribal disputes, now stop laughing - when Native Americans played their variety of "football" instead, that game's name had seven syllables! Balltown: A city in Iowa. Ballinspittle: A village in County Cork, Ireland. Ballykillaboy