i meant about the name of NEW YORK, in the US not GB.
what does it mean, does it even have a meaning or it just rhymes so they used it. does it have a story behind it?
The New York region was originally settled by the Dutch, eselam, and was called Nieuw Nederland. Its principle harbour was Nieuw Amsterdam.
In August of 1664, in one of the most remarkable examples of "gunboat diplomacy" in history, four English frigates sailed into Nieuw Amsterdam harbour and calmly announced that they would reduce the city to rubble if the Dutch didn't hand the city over. Nieuw Amsterdam was a trading city. International commerce was it's sole
raison d'etre. The city fathers, perhaps wisely, decided it would make little difference to their pocketbooks what colour flag waved above city hall, and promptly capitulated.
The English decided the town would be better named after York than Amsterdam, and changed the name. English-Dutch influence went back and forth over the next century, but, as you can see from the map, "New York" stuck.
And that's how NY came to be, O best beloved....