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[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

It's even more entertaining.

For example Manna-hatta was renamed by Europeans (specifically the Dutch) New Amsterdam and later renamed again by Europeans (this time the English) as New York.

By the time there were officially "Americans" (i.e. after the Independence of the United States) the deed was already done.