Etymologies of North American States/Provinces

Aofen:

Several states/provinces are named after places somewhere else.

Hampshire and York are both in England.

Nova Scotia means New Scotland

Leon and Durango are both in Spain

Brunswick is Braunschweig in Germany

Jersey is an Island in the British Channel

Potosi is a city in Bolivia

and Wyoming originally was a valley in Pennsylvania

Collection: etymology - Tags: etymology, north-america - Source: reddit.com