New Amsterdam. The dutch named it.
The Dutch colony of New Amsterdam (settled in 1624) became New York City when the English took control in 1664.
New York City
New York [City] and Philadelphia
NY became a state: July 26, 1788... New York became a city: January 1, 1898
Cohoes, New York, USA
New York City. The Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam became New York when it was taken over by the English in 1664.
They became the San Francisco Giants in 1957.
The Dutch were the first Europeans to colonize New York City.
New York City
Albany is the capital city in the State of New York. Kingston, New York became the first capital of New York in 1777. It was burned by the British in 1777. Albany, New York was named the new permanent capital city of New York in 1797.
The Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam became New York when the English took control in 1664.
When the English captured the Dutch colonial town of New Amsterdam, the Duke of York was honored by having the city renamed after his city of York, thus New York, a city in the New World. The English colony in which the city was located was also called New York, so when the colony revolted and declared its independence it became the State of New York.