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minus-squaretromars@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·17 hours agoI mean, I know that many if not most places in the US are named after European ones, but somehow Mecklenburg caught me really off guard just now
minus-squaredohpaz42@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·17 hours agoAny particular reason? North Carolina being one of the original 13 colonies has a lot named after European/British places/people.
minus-squaretromars@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·16 hours agoNah, I can’t think of any reason tbh. Just somehow unexpected I guess because I usually only hear it in the name of the german state Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
I mean, I know that many if not most places in the US are named after European ones, but somehow Mecklenburg caught me really off guard just now
Any particular reason?
North Carolina being one of the original 13 colonies has a lot named after European/British places/people.
Nah, I can’t think of any reason tbh. Just somehow unexpected I guess because I usually only hear it in the name of the german state Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.