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Why are so many American and Australian places named after places in Europe? Could they just not be bothered to think up new names?

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by mrblanche on August 8th, 2006
For the same reason you probably have the same name as someone your parents knew. We look for the familiar, we re-use the same names, etc. If you want unique place names, look in Oklahoma, where there are a lot of "new" names from Indian words.
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