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Old 09-20-2016, 11:04 PM
 
Location: San Diego, California Republic
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But there's already another Colombia.

Still on the whole Murica thing. Slightly different pronunciation and spelling should do the job. Or we could think of something totally new but still an accurate representation of American history, like Plutocracy.
Columbia not Colombia and if we did it first, they'd have another name.

Murica could work. Or maybe a name from the thirteen colonies. I like Carolina personally. Can't use Georgia as there's already one.
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Old 09-20-2016, 11:19 PM
 
Location: PHX -> ATL
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Columbia not Colombia and if we did it first, they'd have another name.

Murica could work. Or maybe a name from the thirteen colonies. I like Carolina personally. Can't use Georgia as there's already one.
Wilmington, North Carolina, Carolina. I don't know that's just repetitive. It should be a name unique from the state names.

According to Wikipedia, alternative names for the US:
- Columbia
- Freedonia (since Muricans are obsessed with words like free and freedom, this would work nicely)
- Appalachia (I don't like this one as there is much more to Murica than the Eastern half now)
- Alleghany (along with Freedonia and Appalachia, were names proposed after the Revolution)
- Usonia (made up based on the United States by James Duff Law who thought we could not use the word "America" in our official name because of other countries on our continent)
- Usona (same as above)
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Old 09-21-2016, 12:37 AM
 
Location: San Diego, California Republic
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Wilmington, North Carolina, Carolina. I don't know that's just repetitive. It should be a name unique from the state names.

According to Wikipedia, alternative names for the US:
- Columbia
- Freedonia (since Muricans are obsessed with words like free and freedom, this would work nicely)
- Appalachia (I don't like this one as there is much more to Murica than the Eastern half now)
- Alleghany (along with Freedonia and Appalachia, were names proposed after the Revolution)
- Usonia (made up based on the United States by James Duff Law who thought we could not use the word "America" in our official name because of other countries on our continent)
- Usona (same as above)
We already say, "New York, New York.

Appalachia? Then both the mountains and people would be "Appalachians". Nah.

I like Allegheny though. But I'm a west coast native and would prefer "Cascadian" or "Sierrian/Sierran".
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Old 09-21-2016, 02:08 AM
 
Location: PHX -> ATL
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We already say, "New York, New York.

Appalachia? Then both the mountains and people would be "Appalachians". Nah.

I like Allegheny though. But I'm a west coast native and would prefer "Cascadian" or "Sierrian/Sierran".
Only those respective regions should have those names. In fact try to tell a Washingtonian or Oregonian that you, a Californian, want to identify as a Cascadian. You'll hear some heated words come out of their mouth. Especially as a Californian who has been invading and ruining other Western states for years through Californication. At least let other regions have their own unique identity for once instead of taking it away from them

Same goes for Alleghany and Appalachia.

If America is getting a new name, it should be a truly NEW name not stolen from a smaller American region to then use to identify all Americans. The States and subregions like Cascadia and Appalachia take pride on their uniqueness and individuality all the time in comparison to other states (hence all the references to Divided States of America on here) and we shouldn't be taking that away from them.

Imagine the EU becoming a nation and then saying, "Well, we can't identify as Europeans because there are other countries on this continent. Therefore, we will rename ourselves France and call the citizens French." Could you imagine Germans or Swedes freaking out about that? It's a similar application, but for the US you are trying to pull. So I strongly disagree with you.

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Old 09-21-2016, 03:50 AM
 
Location: near Turin (Italy)
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What should we call ourselves.. United Statsians?
In Italian language does exist the adjective "statunitensi", that is practically the translation of "united statesians".
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Old 09-21-2016, 04:06 AM
 
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Poundland for the UK
France for France
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Old 09-21-2016, 04:29 AM
 
Location: Finland
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Finland -> Winland
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Old 09-21-2016, 04:39 AM
 
Location: Great Britain
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Id like ours taken back in time to.. Caledonia is the Latin name given by the Romans to the land in today's Scotland


Caladonia for Scotland

Anglia for England

Cambria for Wales

Ulster for Northern Ireland

Hibernia for Ireland

Albion or Britannia for Great Britain

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Old 09-21-2016, 04:56 AM
 
Location: Great Britain
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Poundland for the UK
France for France
Better than being in Euroland run by bureaucrats in Brussels and Strasbourg on behalf of Berlin.

The Eurozone, Euro and Schengen have been unmitigated disasters, which pretty much refelcts the EU itself.
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Old 09-21-2016, 05:52 AM
 
Location: Finland
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Finland -> Winland
Damnit, I just came to post that.
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