OT: City naming or The passing of Pluto

[Andre Garzia]

Irgh at least in Brazil cities don't change name like this...

My city founded in 1573 was named Vila de São Lourenço dos Índios  
(Village of Saint Laurence of the Indians) being a part of the piece  
of land called Banda D'Além (which literally means land beyond). In  
1819 the village was recognized by central goverment and it was then  
called Vila Real da Praia Grande (Royal Village of Long Beach) then  
in 1835 it was renamed Niterói which is the name it retains till  
today, it's named after the indian word Nictheroy which means hidden  
waters. If someone tried to change my city name to some TV Show he  
would face a civil war or at least some eggs in the face and a go- 
home-never-step-back-here attitude by the city crowd.

Some stuff in America really scary the bits out of me, at least in  
England they do keep the city names, I think London is London since  
forever (or some time later than the romans)...

PS: The japanese always scare me. not just some stuff. they. always.  
scare. me.

PS: I have some nice web gallery on photos of my city case anyone  
wonders what the other side of Rio de Janeiro looks like.



On Aug 25, 2006, at 1:14 AM, Dar Scott wrote:

>> ...and there's a town in Japan that got renamed Toyota.
>
> In New Mexico, over a half century ago, the town of Hot Springs New  
> Mexico (often spelled without the comma and always said with the  
> state name) changed its name to Truth or Consequences after the TV  
> show.  It never changed it back.
>
> Dar