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Why are there so many cities in the United States named after Greek places?
Corinth Hills, GA (Gwinnett County) Corinth Fork, VA (King William County) Corinth Corners, VT (Orange County) Corinth Corner, VT (Orange County) Corinth, KS (Osborne County) Corinth, IL (Williamson County) Corinth, KY (Logan County) Corinth, MI (Kent County) Corinth, WI (Marathon County) Corinth, ND (Williams County) Corinth, OH (Trumbull County) Corinth, WV (Preston County) Corinth, VA (Southampton County) Corinth, VA (Carroll County) Corinth, NC (Rutherford County) Corinth, NC (Nash County) Corinth, NC (Chatham County) Corinth, SC (Oconee County) Corinth, GA (Walker County) Corinth, AL (Walker County) Corinth, AL (Randolph County) Corinth, AL (Randolph County) Corinth, AL (Cullman County) Corinth, AL (Clay County) Corinth, AL (Bullock County) Corinth, TN (Sumner County) Corinth, TN (Knox County) Corinth, MS (Forrest County) Corinth, LA (Lincoln Parish) Corinth, AR (Polk County) Corinth, AR (Howard County) Corinth, AR (Bradley County) Corinth, TX (Montague County) Corinth, TX (Leon County) Corinth, TX (Jones County) Corinth, MT (Big Horn County) Corinth, KY (Grant County) Corinth, ME (Penobscot County) Corinth, VT (Orange County) Corinth, NY (Saratoga County) Corinth, GA (Heard County) Corinth, MS (Alcorn County) Corinth, AR (Yell County) Corinth, TX (Denton County) Athensville, IL (Greene County) Athens, KS (Woodson County) Athens, MO (Clark County) Athens, KY (Fayette County) Athens, VA (Caroline County) Athens, MS (Monroe County) Athens, AR (Howard County) Athens, UT (Salt Lake County) Athens, CA (Los Angeles County) Athens, IL (Menard County) Athens, IN (Fulton County) Athens, MI (Calhoun County) Athens, WI (Marathon County) Athens, OH (Athens County) Athens, ME Athens, VT (Windham County) Athens, NY (Greene County) Athens, PA (Bradford County) Athens, WV (Mercer County) Athens, GA (Clarke County) Athens, AL (Limestone County) Athens, TN (McMinn County) Athens, LA (Claiborne Parish) Athens, TX (Henderson County) Spartansburg, PA (Crawford County) Spartanburg, IN (Randolph County) Spartanburg, SC (Spartanburg County) Spartan Lane, GA (Oconee County) Sparta Junction, NJ (Sussex County) Sparta, NE (Knox County) Sparta, MO (Buchanan County) Sparta, IN (Dearborn County) Sparta, MN (St. Louis County) Sparta, NY (Westchester County) Sparta, PA (Washington County) Sparta, MS (Chickasaw County) Sparta, LA (Bienville Parish) Sparta, OR (Baker County) Sparta, MO (Christian County) Sparta, IL (Randolph County) Sparta, KY (Owen County) Sparta, MI (Kent County) Sparta, WI (Monroe County) Sparta, OH (Morrow County) Sparta, NJ (Sussex County) Sparta, VA (Caroline County) Sparta, NC (Alleghany County) Sparta, GA (Hancock County) Sparta, TN (White County) Thebes, AR (Ashley County) Thebes, IL (Alexander County) Alexandria Junction, LA (Rapides Parish) Alexandria Center, NY (Jefferson County) Alexandria Bay, NY (Jefferson County) Alexandria, OH (Scioto County) Alexandria, NH (Grafton County) Alexandria, NE (Thayer County) Alexandria, MO (Clark County) Alexandria, KY (Campbell County) Alexandria, IN (Madison County) Alexandria, MN (Douglas County) Alexandria, SD (Hanson County) Alexandria, OH (Licking County) Alexandria, PA (Huntingdon County) Alexandria, VA (City of Alexandria County) Alexandria, AL (Calhoun County) Alexandria, TN (DeKalb County) Alexandria, LA (Rapides Parish) Athena West Colonia, TX (El Paso County) Athena, FL (Taylor County) Athena, OR (Umatilla County) Olympian Village, MO (Jefferson County) Olympia Springs, KY (Bath County) Olympia Heights, FL (Miami-Dade County) Olympia Glade, CA Olympia Fields, IL (Cook County) Olympia, MO (Cedar County) Olympia, NC (Pamlico County) Olympia, SC (Richland County) Olympia, CA (Santa Cruz County) Olympia, KY (Bath County) Olympia, WA (Thurston County) Macedonia Neighborhood, MO (Warren County) Macedonia, KY (Jackson County) Macedonia, IN (Harrison County) Macedonia, OH (Butler County) Macedonia, NJ (Monmouth County) Macedonia, CT (Litchfield County) Macedonia, PA (Juniata County) Macedonia, PA (Bradford County) Macedonia, VA (Accomack County) Macedonia, NC (Yadkin County) Macedonia, NC (Wake County) Macedonia, NC (Chowan County) Macedonia, SC (Newberry County) Macedonia, SC (Cherokee County) Macedonia, GA (Towns County) Macedonia, GA (Miller County) Macedonia, GA (Cherokee County) Macedonia, AL (Walker County) Macedonia, AL (Pickens County) Macedonia, AL (Montgomery County) Macedonia, AL (Montgomery County) Macedonia, AL (Lowndes County) Macedonia, AL (Jackson County) Macedonia, AL (Cleburne County) Macedonia, TN (White County) Macedonia, TN (Sumner County) Macedonia, TN (Obion County) Macedonia, TN (Monroe County) Macedonia, TN (McMinn County) Macedonia, TN (Haywood County) Macedonia, TN (Carroll County) Macedonia, MS (Union County) Macedonia, MS (Noxubee County) Macedonia, MS (Lee County) Macedonia, MS (For
Public Comments
- Is that all?
I almost ran a marathon getting to the end!
- Well they are suppose to be sister citys,but dont look att hat thats just a drop in the oecan.the english language is made up of 70 %greek origin words and some words used in english are so damm important that they can only use the bastardized form of the greek word in to english..i cant understand why so many people hate greeks !! when its clear our language is used every day in the english language,,are you all just unpriciative or just simply jealous that you dont have your own words to discribe things !!..like for instance....democracy....umm excuse me !it is greek. but enough i wont go any futher than that because if you open up an english dictionary and randomlly pick a word the likenessnes will almost be of greek origin.....there is latin as well but lets not forget latin is a form of greek ,which so many words of latin are borrowed grek words..but i wont say that greeks are the sole intiators,we bowrred the phonecian alphabet ..but not thier language..just like you english borrowed the arabic numerals....please when is english going to make up thier own words and number systems...surley they could have named all those places you put to us in your question..(SMITH)..but wait smith is a germanic name... ...ohh well...
- 1. Greek immigrants in the US
2. Great ancient Greek history, that inspired the US to name cities after it.
- There are lots of European names of US cities:
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_cities_in_the_US_are_named_after_European_cities
So its not only Greece. Why? I guess immigration.
- Macedonia is an exception. That is not a "Greek" word. Actually, there is not an item "Greece" in the Ancient world.
Greece is established as a country (by East Indian Company) after 1829.
- Well, the new-born American State, after the Declaration of Independence, was inspired by Greek history and culture: the idea of democracy was very important in the new American State, after its Independence from England.
You see, the American Constitution says: "All men are created equal...": this is a concept of democracy, developed for the first time in Greece.
The Americans at that time liked very much Greek culture, the White House looks like a Greek temple too.
So when they colonized new places and built new cities and towns, they gave them Greek names.
Greek culture was also absorbed by Universities (the "Greek" system), and they also took from the Roman history (the "Capitol Hill", the "Senate", etc.).
- America is made up of people from all over the world, our towns and cities and states are named after many places in the world that are older than our country, not just Greece. for example: New "York", New "Orleans", New "Mexico" just to name a few. Some of these places were ruled by and named by the ruling country before they became part of the united states.
- Because the new Americans used to be colonists in that lands took over by Indians.
Same here in Aegean Macedonia under Greece: after the Balkan wars 1913 Greece occupied Aegean Macedonia and changed all toponimes from Macedonian into Greek.
That is why after Greek colonization with Greek refugees from Asia Minor into Aegean Macedonia all new cities are named as Nea Calicratia, Neos Ephesos, Nea Moudania, etc. The real.old Calicratia, Ephesos...are still in Turkey, Asia Minor and wait for their Greek inhabitans who live in Aegean Macedonia and pretend to be "Macedonians"??!!
- Greek history is inspiring.....
On the other hand, I have never seen any American city named Bitola or Skopje!!! LOL!!!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parthenon_(Nashville)
- Macedonia is not a Greece and vice versa.
