Many people know that Amerika was named after Amerigo Vespucci. It turns out tha Amerigo is the Medieval Italian name for Emmerich, a rather uninspiring German city close to the Dutch border.
Many people know that Amerika was named after Amerigo Vespucci. It turns out tha Amerigo is the Medieval Italian name for Emmerich, a rather uninspiring German city close to the Dutch border.
Why would it be named after an obscure city?
It’s not named after the city, it’s named after the guy who was named after the obscure city
I phrased it a bit too acutely, it shares it’s namesake.