because of it's color
It was either named after William of Orange or the color of orange.
No, oranges are not named after the colour. The colour orange is actually named after the fruit.Before then, the colour orange was called geoluread (yellow-red).
It was named by Colonel Robert Gordon who was commander of the Dutch East India Company garrison at Cape Town. It was so named in honour of William of Orange.
because of it's color
Because it's Snookie's hometown
The color orange was named after the fruit, which was introduced to the English-speaking world before the color. It's just a matter of historical association. Conversely, the color yellow was named independently of fruits like mangoes, which have their own unique names.
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The color orange was named after the fruit, not the country.
You are miataken. California is never referred to as Orange County. Orange County is a single county in California near Los Angelas. Orange County was named for the extensive orange orchards the pretty well covered the county.
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There is a Swiss mobile company named "Orange", but it is named after the color and not the fruit.