All of those states have a town or city named Bethlehem.
Yes. Brooklyn is a placename. The most famous place named Brooklyn one of the boroughs of New York City that is also known as Kings County, New York.
The Dutch (who were the first Europeans to settle New York City) named it "Breukelen," which means "broken land." They named it Breukelen after a municipality in the province of Utrecht, in their homeland of the Netherlands (there is a New Utrecht Avenue in Brooklyn, too). Eventually, the name evolved from "Breukelen" to "Brooklyn."
Milwaukee is the name of a city located in the state of Wisconsin
Harlem was named after Haarlem ,a city in The Netherlands. Brooklyn was named after another city Breukelen
What states have a city named bloomington
A few states have a city with that name. I think you mean Nevada
Redmond is the name of a city in Oregon and Washington. Redmond is a city in Utah.
Brooklyn. The Dutch (who were the first Europeans to settle New York City) named it "Breukelen," which means "broken land." They named it Breukelen after a municipality in the province of Utrecht, in their homeland of the Netherlands (there is a New Utrecht Avenue in Brooklyn, too). Eventually, the name evolved from "Breukelen" to "Brooklyn."
The question should be: How many states have cities named after them in THEIR state? (If it is worded in this manner.) Or better yet: How many states also have a city with a matching name, such as Kansas City, Kansas?
There are two cities that share the name of Kansas City. Kansas City is located in Missouri and in Kansas.
Originally referred to as the New York and Brooklyn Bridge, it was dubbed the Brooklyn Bridge in an 1867 letter to the editor of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle and formally so named by the city government in 1915.