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The Native Americans called the Island of Manhattan, "Mannahatta." The Dutch, who were the first Europeans to settle in Manhattan, named it "New Amsterdam." When the English took control in around 1664, they renamed it "New York" after the Duke of York (who received the land as a gift from the King of England).

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