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Place names that are an altered version of the name of the person for whom they were named (therefore not Washington, Jefferson City, etc)

  1. Astoria, Queens: John Jacob Astor
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Place names that are an altered version of the name of the person for whom they were named (therefore not Washington, Jefferson City, etc)

  1. Astoria, Queens: John Jacob Astor
  2. Bolivia: Simon Bolivar
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Place names that are an altered version of the name of the person for whom they were named (therefore not Washington, Jefferson City, etc)

  1. Astoria, Queens: John Jacob Astor
  2. Bolivia: Simon Bolivar
  3. Delaware – Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr

Odd that his name was West, but it was Delaware named after hiim, not West Virginia.

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Place names that are an altered version of the name of the person for whom they were named (therefore not Washington, Jefferson City, etc)

  1. Astoria, Queens: John Jacob Astor
  2. Bolivia: Simon Bolivar
  3. Delaware – Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr
  4. Maryland - Queen Henrietta Maria (wife to King Charles I)
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Place names that are an altered version of the name of the person for whom they were named (therefore not Washington, Jefferson City, etc)

  1. Astoria, Queens: John Jacob Astor
  2. Bolivia: Simon Bolivar
  3. Delaware – Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr
  4. Maryland - Queen Henrietta Maria (wife to King Charles I)
  5. Monrovia, Liberia: named after American President James Monroe
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Place names that are an altered version of the name of the person for whom they were named (therefore not Washington, Jefferson City, etc)

  1. Astoria, Queens: John Jacob Astor
  2. Bolivia: Simon Bolivar
  3. Delaware – Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr
  4. Maryland - Queen Henrietta Maria (wife to King Charles I)
  5. Monrovia, Liberia: named after American President James Monroe
  6. America - Cartographer Amerigo Vespucci
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Place names that are an altered version of the name of the person for whom they were named (therefore not Washington, Jefferson City, etc)

  1. Astoria, Queens: John Jacob Astor
  2. Bolivia: Simon Bolivar
  3. Delaware – Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr
  4. Maryland - Queen Henrietta Maria (wife to King Charles I)
  5. Monrovia, Liberia: named after American President James Monroe
  6. America - Cartographer Amerigo Vespucci
  7. Georgia - after George II
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Place names that are an altered version of the name of the person for whom they were named (therefore not Washington, Jefferson City, etc)

  1. Astoria, Queens: John Jacob Astor
  2. Bolivia: Simon Bolivar
  3. Delaware – Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr
  4. Maryland - Queen Henrietta Maria (wife to King Charles I)
  5. Monrovia, Liberia: named after American President James Monroe
  6. America - Cartographer Amerigo Vespucci
  7. Georgia - after George II
  8. North Carolina/South Carolina - King Charles I

Charles was latinized to Carolus.

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Place names that are an altered version of the name of the person for whom they were named (therefore not Washington, Jefferson City, etc)

  1. Astoria, Queens: John Jacob Astor
  2. Bolivia: Simon Bolivar
  3. Delaware – Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr
  4. Maryland - Queen Henrietta Maria (wife to King Charles I)
  5. Monrovia, Liberia: named after American President James Monroe
  6. America - Cartographer Amerigo Vespucci
  7. Georgia - after George II
  8. North Carolina/South Carolina - King Charles I
  9. Santa Ana, California - named after Saint Anne
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Place names that are an altered version of the name of the person for whom they were named (therefore not Washington, Jefferson City, etc)

  1. Astoria, Queens: John Jacob Astor
  2. Bolivia: Simon Bolivar
  3. Delaware – Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr
  4. Maryland - Queen Henrietta Maria (wife to King Charles I)
  5. Monrovia, Liberia: named after American President James Monroe
  6. America - Cartographer Amerigo Vespucci
  7. Georgia - after George II
  8. North Carolina/South Carolina - King Charles I
  9. Santa Ana, California - named after Saint Anne
  10. Pennsylvania - William Penn
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Place names that are an altered version of the name of the person for whom they were named (therefore not Washington, Jefferson City, etc)

  1. Astoria, Queens: John Jacob Astor
  2. Bolivia: Simon Bolivar
  3. Delaware – Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr
  4. Maryland - Queen Henrietta Maria (wife to King Charles I)
  5. Monrovia, Liberia: named after American President James Monroe
  6. America - Cartographer Amerigo Vespucci
  7. Georgia - after George II
  8. North Carolina/South Carolina - King Charles I
  9. Santa Ana, California - named after Saint Anne
  10. Pennsylvania - William Penn
  11. Rhodesia, for Cecil Rhodes
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Place names that are an altered version of the name of the person for whom they were named (therefore not Washington, Jefferson City, etc)

  1. Astoria, Queens: John Jacob Astor
  2. Bolivia: Simon Bolivar
  3. Delaware – Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr
  4. Maryland - Queen Henrietta Maria (wife to King Charles I)
  5. Monrovia, Liberia: named after American President James Monroe
  6. America - Cartographer Amerigo Vespucci
  7. Georgia - after George II
  8. North Carolina/South Carolina - King Charles I
  9. Santa Ana, California - named after Saint Anne
  10. Pennsylvania - William Penn
  11. Rhodesia, for Cecil Rhodes
  12. Colombia - Christopher Columbus/Colombo/Colon
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Place names that are an altered version of the name of the person for whom they were named (therefore not Washington, Jefferson City, etc)

  1. Astoria, Queens: John Jacob Astor

  2. Bolivia: Simon Bolivar

  3. Delaware – Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr

  4. Maryland - Queen Henrietta Maria (wife to King Charles I)

  5. Monrovia, Liberia: named after American President James Monroe

  6. America - Cartographer Amerigo Vespucci

  7. Georgia - after George II

  8. North Carolina/South Carolina - King Charles I

  9. Santa Ana, California - named after Saint Anne

  10. Pennsylvania - William Penn

  11. Rhodesia, for Cecil Rhodes

  12. Colombia - Christopher Columbus/Colombo/Colon

  13. St Kitts - for St Christopher
    Next up, sports teams named for a location other than where their home stadium is located

  14. Dallas Cowboys - Arlington, TX

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sports teams named for a location other than where their home stadium is located

  1. Dallas Cowboys - Arlington, TX
  2. Los Angeles Rams - Inglewood, CA
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sports teams named for a location other than where their home stadium is located

  1. Dallas Cowboys - Arlington, TX
  2. Los Angeles Rams - Inglewood, CA
  3. New York Giants - East Rutherford, New Jersey
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Sports teams named for a location other than where their home stadium is located

  1. Dallas Cowboys - Arlington, TX
  2. Los Angeles Rams - Inglewood, CA
  3. New York Giants - East Rutherford, New Jersey
  4. Washington Redskins - Landover, Maryland
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Sports teams named for a location other than where their home stadium is located

  1. Dallas Cowboys - Arlington, TX
  2. Los Angeles Rams - Inglewood, CA
  3. New York Giants - East Rutherford, New Jersey
  4. Washington Redskins - Landover, Maryland
  5. New York Jets - East Rutherford, New Jersey
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Sports teams named for a location other than where their home stadium is located

  1. Dallas Cowboys - Arlington, TX
  2. Los Angeles Rams - Inglewood, CA
  3. New York Giants - East Rutherford, New Jersey
  4. Washington Redskins - Landover, Maryland
  5. New York Jets - East Rutherford, New Jersey
  6. Tampa Bay Rays - St. Peersburg FL

Actually, named for “Tampa Bay”, a body of water and a regional designation. MLB has a rule that a team cannot be named for a “place” where the ballpark is not located. So the Florida Marlins could not become the Miami Marlins until they built a new stadium inside Miami city limits. The Angels, playing in Ahameim, have to be “The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim”.

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Sports teams named for a location other than where their home stadium is located

  1. Dallas Cowboys - Arlington, TX
  2. Los Angeles Rams - Inglewood, CA
  3. New York Giants - East Rutherford, New Jersey
  4. Washington Redskins - Landover, Maryland
  5. New York Jets - East Rutherford, New Jersey
  6. Tampa Bay Rays - St. Petersburg, FL
  7. Buffalo Bills - Orchard Park, New York

A suburb of Buffalo but not in Buffalo itself

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Sports teams named for a location other than where their home stadium is located

  1. Dallas Cowboys - Arlington, TX
  2. Los Angeles Rams - Inglewood, CA
  3. New York Giants - East Rutherford, New Jersey
  4. Washington Redskins - Landover, Maryland
  5. New York Jets - East Rutherford, New Jersey
  6. Tampa Bay Rays - St. Petersburg, FL
  7. Buffalo Bills - Orchard Park, New York
  8. Green Bay Packers - Ashwaubenon WI

Lambeau Field was built on a city block in Ashwaubenon, which was annexed to Green Bay to place their stadium within the city, creating a jog in the city limits line… Part of the stadium-owned complex is still in Ashwaubenon, including the adjacent outdoor practice field…