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New York got it's name from Charles II's brother, the Duke of York, who later became King James II. The colony was originally the Dutch territory New Netherlands and the city was New Amsterdam.
New Amsterdam.
New York was named after the Duke of York in Britain after the British took New Amsterdam (later named New York) from the dutch.
The British.
New Amsterdan (NA) or New York (NY)
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Peter Stuyvesant was the govner of the middle colonie of New netherland which was later named New York after the duke of York. Pete ruled the colonie with a iron fist and traied and got a lot of projects done in the colonie.
Yes Henery Hudson named New York. He named it for no reason too!
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From 1960 to 1962, the New York Jets franchise was named the Titans of New York.