Can We Find A Whole "New" United Kingdom?

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This was a fun video to make. See it was a whistle stop tour around the British Empire and how the names effected the wider world, or something I dunno.
SOURCES & FURTHER READING
A Description of New England: digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/vie...
New Britski Little Poland Festival 2016: • Little Poland Festival...
How Nova Scotia Got it's Name: www.thoughtco.com/nova-scotia...
The Origins of the Names of Australia's States and Territories: www.todayifoundout.com/index.p...
PHOTO SOURCES
Bognor Regis: Pam Goodey
Winchester: Graham Horn
Brighton Lanes: Frank Jepsen
York: DACP
New York City: King of Hearts
Cup of tea: Allyson Correia
Daily Mail Logo: Davey2010
Sloth: Pipsimv
London: Debot
Lazy Dog: Crystal Schulte
New Britain: Bmr1987
John Smith Statue: William Couper
Southampton from Netley Hospital: Alan Ford
New Gloucester Mayall Road: Itsjake123
Gloucester Docks: Saffron Blaze
New London: JJBers
Edinburgh Castle: David Monniaux
Pittsburgh: Ronald C. Yochum Jr.
James Cook: Nathaniel Dance-Holland
Cardiff City Hall: Yummifruitbat
"Thatched Villagers"
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Off Topic Question: What's the funniest way to waste $100?

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Exchanging it for pounds

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Hire ten clowns for an hour

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Buy $100 worth of laughing gas.

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Buying all of the Mac & Cheese in a store.

[@Soliloquy084]

The North Island of New Zealand was once called New Ulster Province (the south being New Munster) - That's close to being a New Northern Ireland.

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I grew up in New Plymouth which also happens to be in the North Island of New Zealand

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[@blacksheep1228]

I live in Bristol, Ct and when I was in High school my school went on a class trip to Bristol England

[@ineedausername124]

Wow that's a big school trip

[@datvince2890]

Massachusetts has tons of English names. Obviously our capital, Boston, is one of them. But almost every popular city in Massachusetts is named after a place in England. For example: Worcester, Leominster, Lancaster, Leicester, Cambridge, Plymouth, Salisbury, Hull, and etc.

[@adammessina6182]

DatVince Massachusetts resident here 👍🏻

[@Tarteh]

I'm curious as to how these are pronounced?

[@notsure6187]

CT has New London Norwich Coventry Colchester Canterbury Durham and a few others that I wasn't sure of having British counterparts.

[@JonFrumTheFirst]

@@Tarteh Worcester - wuss-ter (as in puss), Leominster - lemon-ster, Lancaster - lan-cast-er (stress on first syllable, cast as in cast a fishing rod), Leicester - lester, Salisbury - sals-bury (or berry). Also Dorchester (stress on first syllable), Dedham, Avon, Bedford - and New Bedford, etc full list: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Massachusetts

[@freyugh]

2:30 I swear John Smith is like the most generic English name lol. Well, at least, it used to be. There aren't many people named John now.

[@jtlovestoys4617]

Part of my name has John in it, it's probably also a nickname of me. Because my name is JOHNathan

[@emeraldcrusade5016]

John is still a common name for newborn boys. But of course it is being overshadowed by the name michael.

[@helloiamenergyman]

In Brazil it's João da Silva

[@jaydengreenberg9618]

It's John Cena doo doo doo doooo

[@Mayonezboi]

Too bad credit card companies use his card on their advertising. I feel bad for him.

[@FilAnd01]

Boston is named after the town in England known by the same name.

[@jamesdonovan5111]

Brock the Rock Brockson I'm from Boston! Bam! Double Points!

[@dgh3h3oliverihe26]

Lincolnshire I think

[@alexbrassington2266]

my mum lived there when she was younger.

[@spoxx1802]

I live an hour away from Boston in the southern part of MA. My grandpa lives in Boston so do I get x1.5 points?

[@ruairidhgrass3479]

You forgot to mention New Caledonia which is another New Scotland. James cook named it that because the mountains there reminded him of Scotland even though it's a tropical island in the Pacific and it's now French..

[@alukuhito]

That's weird. I'm from BC, Canada, and a large portion of what is now BC used to be called New Caledonia.

[@ZBisson]

@@alukuhitoPanama too

[@matteohetzy7599]

@Name Explain About the "new scotland" you mentioned the Nova Scotia ("new scotland" in latin) but you could also mention New Caledonia (being Caledonia the name given by the Romans to the land north of their province of Britannia, in other terms today's Scotland) So you mentioned "new scotland" in latin but could also mention new "scotland" in latin.

[@TN-wv6ok]

New Brunswick In Canada was originally going to be named New Ireland, but it was vetoed by the king at the time

[@tinyupes]

There are still lots of places in the UK called Brunswick

[@lightningfletch5598]

Now there’s an island in the Pacific Ocean called New Ireland. It belongs to the nation of Papua New Guinea.

[@kitcowper3599]

It's silly to look for a "New Northern Ireland" because Northern Ireland only came into existence in 1921. You can find several places named after Ulster (6 counties of which form Northern Ireland) in the New World: Ulster County in New York, for example.

[@bmc7434]

Northern Ireland name is way older then that as it refers to the Northern O'Neil's so the name is being used currently as a Slur

[@Nahue91Carp]

I love the fact that he pronounce Wales "Wews".

[@joshadams8761]

Dropping terminal L sounds is characteristic of the Cockney and, to a lesser extent, Estuary and Australian accents.

[@kylekelly1167]

South of Ulster County in New York there is also a Little Britain .

[@evertonpenguin2408]

Ulster consists of both Donegal and Monaghan, which are not in Northern Ireland therefore the Place in New York wouldent work.

[@TehBurntGrilledCheez]

London, Ontario Canada

[@PleasestopcallingmeDoctorImath]

TehBurntGrilledCheez named after longdong silver

[@mkp1214]

TehBurntGrilledCheez Edmonton Alberta Canada, named after a sector of London England called Edmonton 👌

[@Ub3rtim2]

But it's not called New London.

[@animallover372]

TehBurntGrilledCheez I live there

[@jamesrempel8522]

TehBurntGrilledCheez Complete with its own River Thames. And just down the road is Stratford, with the Avon River running through.

[@naseemveevers3619]

Fun fact, there is two new brightons in Britain, one in the Wirral and one in wales

[@ben.x]

Gooooooooooooooodd,, afternoon madam! Funny I understand where your username comes from, and I've been to New Brighton, Wirral many times.

[@crazywarlock9131]

I live in the English one.lol

[@ben.x]

I love New Brighton.

[@elzilchoco]

I live just 1.5 miles from the Welsh one.lol I think that's as close as we'll get to anyone living there though as it's population is 3000

[@Adam_G]

fun fact, there is a Bangor on the east coast of Northern Ireland and a Bangor on the west coast of Wales. So technically you could take a 5 hour ferry from Bangor to Bangor.

[@KendrickMan]

Thanks for the Nova Scotia shoutout, I feel like I'm from a worldly place hearing about it in my youtube subs lol

[@joemac1100]

I live in Massachusetts and pretty much every town here is named after somewhere in England. This leads to tourists having hilarious pronunciations of Leominster, Gloucester and Worcester.

[@anyideas_]

joemac1100 How do they pronounce them?

[@georgeconnett7812]

Lemster, gloster and wooster

[@mybumbrash]

Gloucester is glou-sta, like glo from glock (a gun) and sta. Worcester is Wouster like woustershire souce (if you have that in america)

[@anyideas_]

Andrew C No, I know how to pronounce them I from the Uk. I am asking how the tourists, wherever they come from, pronounce them.

[@mybumbrash]

Oh i thaught you where american saying the british say it differently. How do you pronounce the other one, im from new zealand/australia and havn't head of the other one?

[@HammerRocks]

As you've already covered in this video, in Australia one of our states is called "New South Wales" or NSW [named after Wales]. But what wasn't mentioned is that a large region within NSW, [some 400-500 kilometers North-North-West of Sydney] is called "New England". One of Australia's top universities is located in this region and is named New England University [funny that], plus a major national 878kms long highway from Newcastle in NSW into the Queensland state is called New England Hwy.

[@kylehazachode]

In my State, Delaware has three counties; New Castle, Sussex, and Kent. The State capitol, Dover is in Kent county, which I believe Dover is also in Kent, England. We also have a Camden, Milford, and Seaford (located in Sussex county and is also in Sussex, England). Lewes is a beautiful beach city located in Sussex county, there's also a Lewes in Sussex, England.

[@mikesaunders4775]

You are right George,although in England we only ever refer to 'Kent' or 'Sussex',we never add county. There is also a Denver in Norfolk.

[@andreadomo-ibea7078]

If it’s a thing, I grew up on a Street in NJ called Wales 😂

[@Luca-vb3xo]

There is an East London, here, in South Africa.

[@TheCallofdeath123]

Ahmed Farah same. Big up ilford

[@JPEG785]

Ahmed Farah No you're from the desert... Please return...

[@WayneKitching]

There is also a Newcastle in South Africa. It also used to be famous for having coal. There is a township in Port Elizabeth named New Brighton, and suburbs in Port Elizabeth and Johannesburg named Kensington.

[@ToLWaM]

William Penn tried to change Pennsylvania to New Wales because he didn't want people to think he was naming land after himself (Penn didn't name it, but some dude in the British government named it after Penn's father who served in the Royal Navy). So yeah, Pennsylvania's the closest thing to a complete "New Wales"

[@SSGranor]

There's a borough near Philadelphia called North Wales (among a whole bunch of places with Welsh names).

[@Ibelikemj]

There’s a bunch of welsh sounding names in PA like Bryn Mawr and Berwyn.

[@konplayz]

New Orkney New Shetland

[@andrewmccloud8581]

Thank you!

[@yobitchcantfindme5288]

Shetland? More​ like​ Shitland.

[@anaustrianpainter4056]

Yobitch Can't Find Me Shitland? More like Shetland

[@jgc4818]

When the english settlers incorporated towns in the 1600's in New England, typically the town founders named the new towns after the place in England from which they came. So in places like Pennsylvania and New England, Especially Massachusetts and connecticut, most towns take the names of their distance relatives across the pond

[@jackcooper4998]

Wouldn't New Caledonia in the Pacific also count as "New Scotland"? Seen as Caledonia is a bother word for Scotland

[@rcaerbannog]

Also, British Columbia used to be a fur trading district named New Caledonia So yeah...Canada used to have a New Scotland

[@darthguilder1923]

I think there was a failed Scottish colony called New Caledonia in Panama

[@DDBurnett1]

But Canada DOES have a New Scotland... Nova Scotia.

[@fwqkaw]

+Jack Cooper "a bother word" -- typo gold. Unobtainium, if you'd got an "L" in there.

[@rkkasibhotla]

Fwq Kaw NIWYJS

[@simplyixia3683]

More Canadian name trivia for you! In addition to Nova Scotia, there is a London in the Canadian province of Ontario, the city of Calgary is named for the town in Scotland where its founder was from, the province Alberta was named for Queen Victoria's daughter, and the province's famous Lake Louise was named after Princess Alberta's middle name. There's a town called Prince Albert named after Victoria's husband. And the city of Victoria, BC was named for the queen herself.

[@simplyixia3683]

A lot of communities are named after places in the UK as well. There's a New Brighton, Hamptons, Kensington in my city.

[@RosalinaGodspeed]

England is my city?

[@isaacpreece2120]

AdjayeIsAppreciated_AP oh shut up

[@STB4G]

Same

[@duckdictator6531]

Northern Ireland is not a nation, just a region.

[@ulsterunited8503]

province, im from there best place in the world

[@benbarrow2138]

You're technically correct but to all practical intents and purposes it is a constient country

[@billyshire5482]

Northern Ireland is a constituent country of the UK, Ulster is a province of Ireland

[@rayzr1120]

GorumGamer Northern Ireland is in fact a Nation State.

[@rayzr1120]

Mal McKee you are aware nation state and country can be used in place of each other. Me calling Northern Ireland a nation state is like me calling it a country

[@inkyscrolls5193]

Where are the Isles of Skilly? Anywhere near the Isles of Scilly?

[@wizzyweb99]

Inky Scrolls 😂😂 relatable!!

[@jamesbrown-gg7dd]

now you are just being silly

[@Squaretable22]

Scilly is silly.

[@lottiemillar8673]

i cringed a little inside, being from cornwall

[@tristramkeats2089]

Kernow bys viken!!! Mebyon Kernow!

[@williamcfox]

Clever idea for a video. This guy's going places :)

[@jimbeanz219]

I live pretty much right in a "New England" in Canada I love it watford in Warwick township and one of the closest cities is London on the Thames river

[@bruhz_089]

I live in New England

[@msblimmyfoo6826]

Bangor is a town in northern Ireland.. Possibly where settlers that founded the city of Bangor in maine, USA drew inspiration for its name ? It's also a place in Wales.

[@shpilbass5743]

I was hoping you wil talk about New Caledonia, the French teritorry in australaisia. caledonia is another latin name for Scotland after all.

[@sion8]

*+*

[@Mrsquiggley]

New Caledonia is a Pacific Island with no geographical connection to australia, but connected to New Zealand

[@caesumcrimson6381]

Stephen Jay he never said New Caledonia was geographically connected to Australia? He said it was in Australasian region which is geographically correct. How is it connected to NZ? It is further geographically from NZ than Aus... and anyway NZ is part of the Australasian region anyway so you lose regardless.

[@Mrsquiggley]

Australasia region is Australia and SE asia, NZ is part of the Oceania region. NC and NZ are part of the same continental crust

[@caesumcrimson6381]

Sorry bud, It's a bit confusing but these are geographic regions not really related to 'continental plates' geographics. The Australasian region literally translates to and just means "south of Asia" and was originally coined to include the Australian continent, most of the Melanesian islands (including NC) and New Zealand itself. Because of the complications in naming geographic regions... New Zealand is both part of the geo regions of Australasia AND Polynesia. Yes new research has suggested that New Zealand is part of its own tectonic section but that has really little to do with the naming of geographic regions. The coining of geographic regions have to do with political, biological, cultural and topographic features and not just geographical. Hence why Melanesia is its own Geo region but the sum of all are included in the Australasian region as it is latin for "south of Asia". It's not named because its a part of Australia geographically just the names are similar. (Australia is Latin for southern lands.) Even if you don't believe me this is straight from the horses mouth. "Regions of Oceania. New Zealand is considered as part both of Australasia and of Polynesia. Varying amounts of Melanesia (traditionally all of it) also count as part of Australasia." - Wiki en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australasia And before you whinge that 'this is from Wiki blah,' this is generally accepted geographic norm terminology.... the whole process is complicated as there are multiple regions that overlap and continental theories are also confusing and inaccurate in naming regions. Yes I know this as I am a Geo teacher...

[@asifhouda7101]

I'm not sure if it was intended but at the end, when he says "All that's missing is a North, East and West Wales", he says it in the order of North, East West and the picture shows the letters for each of the directions and the order and the directions said spell out NEW.

[@rao1031]

yyyaaasss

[@whotookhandlesnoopvids]

OMG

[@Wildcard71]

The gag seems to be taken from Pathe NEWS.

[@CyberGrapeOfficial]

I'm from Bangor, Maine, which takes its name from the city in Wales. However, it's original name was going to be Sunbury 😅 and it's actually a funny story as to how the name got mixed up. I also have family in New Gloucester. Anyways, great video!

[@KevinLi67863]

CGP Grey music :)

[@Astrotherailfan175]

Kevin Lol u dumb

[@sron-adharcach950]

He watches CGP grey.

[@-SUM1-]

Why all the dislikes? Americans scared of their country's heritage?

[@ericp0012]

SUM1 it's not that their scared, they just don't know about the countries early history.

[@CadetGriffin]

Frankfurt = Hot dog Hamburg = Burger Berlin = Jelly donut

[@tagaway6173]

Up here in NE we are not.

[@anthonyf3680]

What people from New England (USA) don't know about there British (English) Heritage

[@metropod]

The Thames in Connecticut is pronounced as it’s spelt, to rhyme with “James”

[@Jtechnoking33]

OMG! This is the first time my exact town was mentioned in a video, this is unsettling!!!!

[@TehFrasssaa]

There is a Cardiff in NSW, it's part of Lake Macquarie, next to Newcastle. Also, just as they are in the UK, the NSW Newcastle and Gateshead are right next to each other.

[@aidandesjardins7660]

Hi from New London! Definitely a lot smaller...

[@counterfit5]

Aidan Desjardins you've got more submarines, though

[@zetty8130]

At from new Britain here

[@botch3z]

I try to stay away from all the"News" in Connecticut. New London, New Haven, New Britain.

[@shorpy3407]

Alex Botchis It'd be smart to steer clear of the "bury's" too. And Bridgeport. Specifically.

[@PapaFo]

+Alex Botchis don't forget new Hartford

[@jttg]

I live in New Brighton (a suburb) in Christchurch (named after Christ Church in Oxford and Oxford is also a town near Christchurch)!

[@andrewmccloud8581]

There's a New Brighton in New Zealand?

[@lowqualityvideos8091]

there is something so weird about living right next to a small town in a small us state that's now apparently the capital of a "new united kingdom"

[@nathanmelo7805]

here im brazil we have a VERY small city called "nova iorque" or in english "new york", it was called because the city was planned to be great as the american one but, you know, brazil is brazil hahahaha

[@queencvnt694]

Nathan Melo from the UK! I see Brazil as a great country, but the government keep fvcking over the people.

[@midshipman8654]

Nathan Melo If it was named after the American “New York”, shouldn’t it be called “nova nova iorque”?

[@marcysoucy9522]

New new york.

[@e1123581321345589144]

New Wales: the fist British colony on mars

[@EvilParagon2]

"and a New South Wales in South Australia." That statement is wrong my good sir.

[@mystii8134]

Evil Paragon 2 I know it’s very wrong. South Australia is it’s own state. And NSW is a state too. So I don’t get how a state can be inside a state. Not to mention SA is bigger than NSW. And Australia is just called Australia. I don’t know any Australians who call Australia “South Australia” unless their in SA and referring to SA and not Australia.

[@rachelselby5469]

@@mystii8134 He meant southern Australia.

[@TijmensAviation]

There’s a Wales at the cost of the Bering Strait in Alaska and probably the closest town to Diomede...

[@seanlinehan8478]

Did you know that in Irish Northern Ireland is called Stolen Land?

[@maniam5460]

Everyone lives in south Wales so it's good enough

[@rhysellis2284]

Tekkogs Steve Well I'm from north Wales...

[@maniam5460]

Rhys Ellis my family is from Wrexham. I just meant the majority of the population live in the south

[@Roxor128]

Except New South Wales isn't saying "new (south Wales)", but "(new, south) Wales".

[@SamTheMan12]

@@warrenlemay8134 And Welsh Patagonia.

[@GgGg-te2dn]

Fun fact: People in Poland refer to Great Britain as England (Anglia). So if a Pole says Im moving to England, he could be referring to any region of the UK.

[@frmcf]

Dude, if the content's interesting enough nobody is judging your pronunciation! Thanks for the videos!

[@king_egghead9117]

London, Ontario, Canada has a population of about 400,000

[@bitpumpkinn2923]

@@Revolver1981 us has 350 mil not 500

[@riograndelocos9639]

​@@Revolver1981 ummm... canada has a population of 36,600,000. US has 325,700,000. usa is nowhere near 500 million.

[@kevinmartinez1477]

I live in New England, in the state of Connecticut. I have been many times in New britain and in New London here in Connecticut, but I don't live in those cities. But I have many friends there, does that counts?

[@themayor6762]

Kevin Martinelli I live in New Britain

[@mxngaka]

I also live in New England.

[@k9thexv630]

I'm from New England myself.

[@owen9057]

Kevin Martinelli Bristol

[@nitehawk86]

4:00 I am thinking of the Mitchel and Webb skit about... "Do you know what this reminds me of? South Wales."

[@redneckbob0886]

You're gonna mention New Brighton but not mention the one in Minnesota!!! I was so excited for my 3 seconds of fame and then you took it form me

[@sudocreme5080]

There's a Derry in New Hampshire, with a neighbouring town of Londonderry

[@imagiraffe8686]

Isaac McAuley I just commented that!

[@CJ-bg6vz]

Isaac McAuley I'm Northern Irish and never knew that! I'm from Londonderry/Derry but call it Londonderry! 🇬🇧

[@ahmadmohamadv6120]

Can I hex

[@padraig5335]

It's Derry only. No such place as Londonderry.

[@alexhando8541]

Bit racist, my Gran's Irish.

[@Airbourne92]

CGP Grey background music!

[@imilliterate4812]

Yes!

[@1998tkhri]

Look up Kevin MacLeod. He does most of Grey's (and other YTers') music, since it's royalty free. The exception being Grey's vlog music, which I don't remember.

[@mcseedat]

@@1998tkhri it's distasteful now that you mention this I thought its English folk music..

[@thecyberneticphoenix7040]

Thanks for bring up Nova Scotia ( from someone who lives there). i REALLY Appreciate it.

[@scottporter1998]

really subscribing because awesome videos but also you mentioned my city Gloucester i have found so many people who don't even know where this city even is XD also you showed the lovely docks, which are only great when its dark and everythings lit up XD

[@jaden-zi7hg]

London, Canada

[@DaniFold]

London, Kiribati

[@rao1031]

NO COMMIES ALLOWED

[@shorpy3407]

Not new tho

[@suwinkhamchaiwong8382]

I said that too.

[@Wildcard71]

jaden the asian It's mentioned in "Around the world in 80 days".

[@viklo925]

YOU FORGOT NEW HEBRIDES

[@andrewmccloud8581]

And New Shetland and Orkney in Antarctica near the Falklands.

[@kincretefloor5689]

There is a city in Alaska that exact name goes exactly like this: "Wales" So why do we need south Wales

[@Limpshot_McGee]

Are you sure that's not just a reference to the whaling industry? :P

[@seanbrummfield448]

There's an island named Prince of Wales island south of the panhandle.

[@turmuthoer]

Actually, there used to be a place called 'West Wales' outside of Wales. It's now called Cornwall. Also, the region of Brittany in France was once known as 'Lesser Britain' which is why the island is called 'Great(er) Britain'.

[@JackDrewitt]

you missed some islands: Outer scottish isles(eg orkney, shetland, pentland, hebrides, arran, etc):south orkney and south shetland are in antarctica, pentland in Queensland, new hebrides/vanuatu, arran in syria, and saint kilda in Queensland.

[@jacksonzambarano2860]

So much Connecticut

[@alima4280]

I'm from Connecticut!

[@108nighthawk]

Alima Same! Greetings from Enfield

[@SusLord718]

Jackson Zambarano Come down to connecticut! We have good schools because there is absolutely nothing else to do here!

[@kevinmartinez1477]

SusLord That's the sad reality... by the way, I live in Connecticut.

[@KatieB968]

SusLord there are two casinos in New London County and we just got the okay to build a huge new development, including a giant mall and indoor water park. There's stuff to do, lmao

[@8543960]

I'm from Berkshire county in Massachusetts (part of New England). I believe there is a Berkshire county in England proper. We do seem to get a fair amount of tourists from Great Britain here as well.

[@bedavd4975]

I'm from just "Brighton" in Michigan, however if you head to the west you'll find more dutch towns than in all of Holland, including our own Tulip festivals

[@jdg2209]

Make a video of the map of U.K. But only include towns and cities that have other towns and cities named after them .....pweasss

[@spoxx1802]

Massachusetts would account for at least 30% of those; us Patriot supporters are dirty plagiarists.

[@owen9057]

pretty much all of new england lol

[@Roxor128]

Half of Australia will end up on that map. The colonists who settled this wide brown land were hugely unimaginative.

[@BrandonjSlippingAway]

Not quite true, Australia used to have far more names with Irish and German origins. WWI saw many of the German ones renamed, and the Irish ones were largely renamed before that. The rest of Australian place names are either transcribed Indigenous names, or Anglicised Indigenous names.

[@falkkiwiben]

New Plymouth in New Zealand

[@blueraven3315]

Benjamin Macdonald the Libertarian There is also a Plymouth on monserrat

[@SassyandalwaysClassy]

Regular Plymouth, MA

[@worldsupermedia7509]

Blue Raven yeah, that city basically doesn't exist anymore

[@dgh3h3oliverihe26]

Plymouth ma

[@spoxx1802]

There's a Plymouth in MA, like 99% of other English cities.

[@scottlewis1639]

I live in London in the Canadian province of Ontario. We also have a Thames river. Some other interesting facts about London Ontario is that it was at one point called new Amsterdam and at another point was being considered for capital of Canada before losing to Ottawa

[@hughmungus1767]

I lived in London, Ontario for many years. People might be amused to know that the city also has a Picadilly (Street), a Blackfriars Bridge, and a district called Hyde Park. A nearby city is Stratford (in Perth County). Southern Ontario also has a Boston, a Paris, a Moscow, a Delhi and many other familiar names.

[@sfredd9800]

There's also Perth in Australia, named after Perth, Scotland, as well as a city called Dunedin, named after the Scottish Gaelic name for Edinburgh, and next to Dunedin there is a town called Musselburgh, which is named after a town just outside Edinburgh.

[@ChavvyCommunist]

I know there's a "Rotherham" in New Zealand.

[@ruairidhgrass3479]

also a Canterbury

[@kadeo767]

Wait there's another Rotherham?! I knew there's another Sheffield, but never knew there's a second Rotherham! Greetings from Rotherham! (The one in UK)

[@meroastisruined3039]

Woah, I got a glitch and this entire video was an ad.

[@MattTheCommenter]

Nathan Beck I've had that happen with other videos before

[@TonboIV]

It's good that you're doing this now. We need to get the New United Kingdom ready as a backup for when the United Kingdom breaks up.

[@JuliusCaribou]

Not very well known but I come from a town a few miles south of Newcastle-upon-Tyne in north east England called Washington. George Washington's ancestors lived in this town in the 1100s following migration from France, so Washington DC gets its name from here. I now live in York and you already mentioned it's namesake in the video. Did you know that New York was in the hands of the Dutch before Britain took control and was originally called New Amsterdam?

[@Snqwy]

*I live in New Connecticut!*

[@DanMan9820]

0:16 There's a New Brighton, Minnesota, as well.

[@timothyrice1621]

Representing the 603, New Hampshire, New England. Wicked cool vid here, guy!!

[@suralos]

The city of New London, Wisconsin changes its name to New Dublin every March 17.

[@kaid6486]

here in Connecticut :)

[@alima4280]

I live in Connecticut too! I live in Bridgeport!

[@Sophie.S..]

I think there is a Norwich in Connecticut, which in England is the capital city of Norfolk. But you pronounce it Nor-witch and we pronounce it Nor-ridge.

[@kaid6486]

there is a norwich, I know a few people there

[@GeoffBosco]

My ancestor John Hyde is an original proprietor of Norwich, CT. And, after all this time, a lot of my family is still here in New Haven and Fairfield county.

[@Sophie.S..]

Regards to everyone from Norwich CT from someone from Norwich England. For anyone visiting England, Norwich is a fantastic city full of history, including a 11th century castle, built by William the Conqueror..

[@gamingcousinsvideos6207]

New South Wales is New Wales the South is just referring it to being really far south

[@Ggdivhjkjl]

There's also a region there called New England.

[@lemonwangs]

Ggdivhjkjl Your profile uploads have a “white mans land” hmmmm. It’s not really your land if you have to come to theirs is it? Eh, no.

[@TheBaegislash]

@@lemonwangs Mind yo business son

[@harpnel9371]

I grew up in New London and I can say it was a quiet town, with quiet calm beaches and it was very great living there

[@trevormartins6858]

I live in Massachusetts and I can tell you there's hundreds of towns with similar or same names. let alone New England as a whole.

[@tchop6839]

I live in Bala-Cynwyd in the Lower Merion towniship, (near philadephia) which are both named after Welsh states and cities

[@rhysellis2284]

Live close to Bala

[@maxmusic3120]

Why are switzerland anc szwazilands names so similar?

[@lastnamewhat20]

It's eSwantini now, HORRAY FOR NO MORE CONFUSION!

[@jtlovestoys4617]

eSwatini*

[@Ggdivhjkjl]

Why would Switzerland change its name to eSwatini?

[@aaronmarks9366]

My home county, Marin County, California has an Inverness. There are also some local features, such as streets, named "Nova Albion", Latin for "New England". This is because the English explorer/privateer Sir Francis Drake landed here in the 1570s and claimed the area for England, naming it Nova Albion. Elsewhere in the San Francisco Bay Area there's a Dublin, and of course, Berkeley.

[@aronenark8184]

In the Canadian province of Alberta (named after an English princess), we have Calgary (named after a town in Scotland), Edmonton (named after a neighbourhood in London), and the Queen Elizabeth II Highway, which links the two cities.

[@awormnamedscoobis3419]

New U.K. Is basically the US.

[@houtbyj]

There also a small town (village?) In southern Ontario called Scotland

[@PierreMullin]

The province of New Brunswick in Canada was originally going to be named New Ireland, but King George III (or likely one of his toadies) opted for New Brunswick, Brunswick being the anglicized name of Braunschweig in Germany. George III was also Duke and Prince-Elector of Braunschweig-Lüneburg.

[@shruggzdastr8-facedclown]

As for place names in New England inherited from "Old" England, there's either a neighborhood in Boston or a suburb on the outskirts of Boston called "Cambridge"

[@shruggzdastr8-facedclown]

There's also a "Birmingham" here in the U.S., but it's waaaaay down in Alabama (there are likely other states with towns and cities named Birmingham, but the one in Alabama is the biggest and, ergo, most well-known).

[@rossmortimer98]

Did you really just say the Isles of 'Skilly'?

[@NameExplain]

Ross Mortimer Probably lol

[@PleasestopcallingmeDoctorImath]

Name Explain for a channel w your name thats an ironically sad oversight. at least try

[@NameExplain]

I am a really crappy voice, trust me I do try but my mouth just doesn't work half the time. It sucks I know but I always research pronunciation. But my speech issues annoyingly get in the way.

[@carlisthedrummer]

Well you british could try for once to not be so silly all the time then. Rather Skilly than silly..!

[@PleasestopcallingmeDoctorImath]

Name Explain 💘

[@bauxsedai1495]

You missed New Caledonia. Not that is somehow better than Nova Scotia but still...

[@markleon411]

A couple of corrections: the state of New South Wales is not in the south of Australia, it is on the east coast. There may not be a "New Cardiff" but there is a Cardiff in Australia (a very pretty town in NSW). Although you gave a lot of attention to the six American states that make up New England, you didn't give any mention at all to the distinctive region of New England in Australia. It is so distinctive that it has its own university (University of New England UNE) and has long been considered to be eligible to become a state in its own right.

[@danielleporter1829]

There's a seaside town in South San Diego county , California called Cardiff by the Sea, there's also Dover, Delaware, Dover , NH , Gloucester, Massachusetts, , Manchester ,NH, South Hampton, New York, Plymouth, Massachusetts, York , Pennsylvania, Scotland, North Dakota, ( not kidding with this one the high school's teams go by the name of the Highlanders.). Learned about the school by watching a KZbin video where a KZbinr, Evan Edinger was comparing daily class schedules with a Scottish friend so to see the differences between a typical American high school and Scottish secondary school 🏫 schedule.

[@AmiratheAlligator]

Technically, the south in new south wales is named because it is in the southern hemisphere, and not referring to southern wales. So there is a new wales. Also, go maroons.

[@romanzingaunamba4595]

lets go maroons!!

[@alexiswelsh5821]

I live near a town called North Wales.

[@AbieUK]

And while it's not perfect, Nova Scotia sits just north of New England

[@Gustavodscy]

Fun fact: in Brazil have one city named “Nova Iorque” which is the Portuguese write for “New York”.

[@themayor6762]

ayye I live in New Britain

[@Grifflens]

finally someone knows of Gloucester

[@hyzercreek]

Massachusetts has a Glosta Lesta Lemsta Woosta all spelled with extra silent letters. It's even got a Fenshaw spelled Featherstonehaugh.

[@hglundahl]

@Lord Verus I think I found it: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leominster

[@hglundahl]

@Lord Verus The others are English cities, this one is an English town.

[@PerthTowne]

I'm from New Jersey, and several of our county names are borrowed from place names in England: Sussex, Essex, Middlesex, Somerset, Gloucester, Monmouth, Cumberland, Salem, Camden. You can find hundreds of towns and counties in the US that have English, Scottish, Welsh, or Irish names. Many European settlers in North America named places after where they came from. So a lot of the eastern US has those British and Irish names. Same way you'll find a lot of Spanish place names in the Southwest of the US, because the first European settlement there was Spanish. It bears saying that in North America you will also find a lot of Native American place names.

[@chipspangler736]

FYI - there is an Isle of Wight on the eastern short of the US state of Maryland, as well as a couple of locations with that name in the "state" (technically commonwealth) of Virginia.