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How did New York become New York?

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History of the "New York" name:

Pre-1624: Lenape Indians- Manna-hata (the "land of many hills)
1624: Dutch- New Amsterdam (which was part of the colony of New Netherland)
1664: British- New York (for the Duke of York, later King James II)
1673: Dutch- New Orange (occupied briefly during the Third Anglo-Dutch War)
1674: British- New York
1783: U.S.- New York (upon successfully winning the American Revolutionary War)

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