# Place names that were better before they changed them

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 10, 2023, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-names-that-were-better-before-they-changed-them/991353 "2023-10-10T11:37:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2023, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-names-that-were-better-before-they-changed-them/991353/127 "2023-10-16T09:58:11Z")

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hat

off

All North American languages just scare me. There’s like, what, 40+ different language families AND 30+ isolates? Wild.

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