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Elmira, a city in New York, gets its name from a combination of influences. One theory suggests that it was named after a character from a novel by the Scottish author James Fenimore Cooper, who wrote about a fictional place called "Elmyra." Alternatively, some believe the name may derive from the Spanish word "elmira," meaning "a place of refuge." The city was officially named Elmira when it was incorporated in 1828.

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