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The history and etymology of place names.
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Besides Massachusetts and Rhode Island, have any other U.S. states changed their names?
In 1781 the State of Massachusetts Bay became the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
In 2020 the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations became the State of Rhode Island (when most people who di …
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When did the United Kingdom become "United" rather than merely united? (I.e., that word beca...
In 1707 the two British kingdoms of England and Scotland became one kingdom.
I naively thought that that was when the name "United Kingdom" first came to be used as the proper official name of the kin …
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