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Check out how many "greenville" s there are. Even several in the same state. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenville https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenvi

by AyyEye 2y ago

Check out how many "greenville" s there are. Even several in the same state. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenville https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenville There's even more than one "Las Vegas".

zh3 2y ago
'Ville' translates as "town" so "Green Town" :) Similiarly in the UK 'Downs' is an old english word for hill so I'm always amused by a local 'Highdown Hill' ("HighHill Hill").
brudgers 2y ago
“Las Vegas” means the meadows. The Spanish were usually pragmatic when naming locations on their maps, e.g. Del Rio, El Paso (de Norte), and Presidio in Texas; Salida, La Junta, and Pueblo in Colorado; the Sierra Nevada in California; and El Camino Real’s everywhere.