beep@piefed.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days ago"I think Kirbati just gave up when it came time to name cities"i.ibb.coimagemessage-square18linkfedilinkarrow-up1161arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1159arrow-down1image"I think Kirbati just gave up when it came time to name cities"i.ibb.cobeep@piefed.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square18linkfedilinkfile-text
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minus-squareSailor Anarres@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 days agoAlmost all of these are colonial names Paris named by a french priest, London by the same priest who named it in honor of his leasing it from the UK, banana by American soldiers, but Poland’s is less clear.
Almost all of these are colonial names Paris named by a french priest, London by the same priest who named it in honor of his leasing it from the UK, banana by American soldiers, but Poland’s is less clear.