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Pennsylvania. When the Germans came over from Duetschland, they mainly settled in and around PA. When asked where they were from by the locals, they said Duetschland. The colonists believed that they were saying something along the lines of the Land of the Dutch, and therefore name them the PA Dutch. What they didn't know was that the Germans were really saying Germany in their Native tongue.

You should all know this, its basic US History.

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