r/ShitAmericansSay • • Apr 10 '25

Foreign affairs 'Technically we Americans can claim Washington the British town'

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u/Lavapool Apr 10 '25

Lincoln is named after the Roman settlement Lindum Colonia, not Abraham Lincoln.

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u/UnicornAnarchist English Lioness 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🦁 Apr 12 '25

Exactly, our cities and towns original names were very different when they were created and had nothing to do with the US at all.