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Re:Show HN: Meet.hn – Meet the Hacker News community in your... by AyyEye on Saturday September 14, 2024 @01:33PM (#41541349)
Check out how many "greenville" s there are. Even several in the same state.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenville

There's even more than one "Las Vegas".

Re:Show HN: Meet.hn – Meet the Hacker News community in your... by zh3 on Saturday September 14, 2024 @04:54PM (#41542843)
'Ville' translates as "town" so "Green Town" :)

Similiarly in the UK 'Downs' is an old english word for hill so I'm always amused by a local 'Highdown Hill' ("HighHill Hill").

Re:Show HN: Meet.hn – Meet the Hacker News community in your... by brudgers on Saturday September 14, 2024 @06:44PM (#41543651)
“Las Vegas” means the meadows. The Spanish were usually pragmatic when naming locations on their maps, e.g. Del Rio, El Paso (de Norte), and Presidio in Texas; Salida, La Junta, and Pueblo in Colorado; the Sierra Nevada in California; and El Camino Real’s everywhere.