Many people know that Amerika was named after Amerigo Vespucci. It turns out tha Amerigo is the Medieval Italian name for Emmerich, a rather uninspiring German city close to the Dutch border.

  • Akasazh@feddit.nlOP
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    1 year ago

    Fair enough. I do kind of ignore that, as I live quite close to said town, and that’s a nice story starter, Like how Rome and jpw not Remulus but Romulus got to name the city.