What is the Native American meaning of name New York?

Answer 1

When the British took over the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam (1664), they renamed the colony "New York" to honor the Duke of York and Albany, who was King Charles II's brother. The name was applied to the settlement (city) as well as the entire colony that later became New York state.

*The city's name was temporarily New Orange after the Dutch recaptured it during the Third Anglo-Dutch War, in 1673. But it was ceded to Britain again by the Treaty of Westminster in November, 1674.

Answer 2

New York was named by the British to honor the Duke of York and Albany, the brother of England's King Charles II, when New Amsterdam was taken from the Dutch in 1664. New York became the name of the state and the city. (NETSTATE) For the source and more detailed information concerning your request, click on the related links section (Answers.com) indicated directly below this answer section.

Answer 3

There is no single name for the area that is now New York state because there were many languages and peoples in that area and no one people in the whole area.

If you mean New York City, there also was no one name for the area. They all were Lenape in the area and spoke Unami and had many names for different areas and villages. There were about 80 settlements.

Raitan was Staten Island, Canarsee was Brooklyn. The word "Manhattan" has been translated as "island of many hills"

The name New York was named by the British for the Duke of York, England. At the time it was James the 2nd. Before that it was New Amsterdam.

The name York, the English place name, comes from Brythonic:"Eborakon". It means "Yew tree place".

It then became Anglian "Eoforwic" which means "boar village" and sounded like the old name.

Then it became Danish: Jórvík in 866. Slowly it changed to York by around the 13th century.