How Did The Boroughs Of New York Get Their Names?

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Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=5337771 Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy_QZ1EEY4S5YT6cmBTwMwg Twitter: https://twitter.com/NameExplainYT I've been wanting to do a video about a city for a while now, and what's a better city to start with then NYC! SOURCES & FURTHER READING History of New York City: http://www.history.com/topics/new-york-city A Bronck in the Bronx: https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/20/nyregion/from-bronck-to-the-bronx-a-name-and-a-swedish-heritage-to-celebrate.html?mcubz=1 The Dutch Tulip Crash: http://www.investopedia.com/features/crashes/crashes2.asp Brooklyn on Etymonline: http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=Brooklyn Coney Island: https://www.britannica.com/place/Coney-Island-amusement-area Staten-Island Etymology: https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/Staten_Island Staten-Generaal: http://www.staten-generaal.nl/begrip/the_states_general How Did Queens Get It’s Name? https://www.tripsavvy.com/how-did-queens-get-its-name-2819355 The Origin and Meaning of the Name “Manhattan”: https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/16790/anth_Manhattan.pdf?sequence=1 The Indian’s of Lenapehoking: http://delawaretribe.org/product/the-indians-of-lenapehoking/ Why Is new York named The Big Apple?: http://www.history.com/news/ask-history/why-is-new-york-city-nicknamed-the-big-apple PRONUNCIATION SOURCES Angoulême: https://forvo.com/word/angoul%C3%AAme/ Giovanni da Verrazzano: https://forvo.com/word/giovanni_da_verrazzano/ Jonas: https://forvo.com/word/jonas/ Breuckelen: https://forvo.com/word/breuckelen/ Konijn: https://forvo.com/word/konijn/ Staten-Generaal: https://forvo.com/word/staten-generaal/#nl Braganza: https://forvo.com/word/braganza/#pt Lenape: https://forvo.com/word/lenape/ PHOTO SOURCES Amsterdam: Massimo Catarinella Giovanni da Verrazano: Francesco Allegrini King Francis I: Jean Clouet Angoulême: Jack Ma Manhatten: Dmitry Avdeev The Bronx River: Jim Henderson Breukelen: Michielverbeek Harlem: Momos Haarlem: Fryslan0109 Coney Island: MusikAnimal Den Haag Binnenhof: Markus Bernet Catherine of Braganza: Peter Lely King Charles II: John Michael Wright Treaty of Penn: Benjamin West New York Harbour: George Louis Horse Racing: Slooby Bourbon Street: Chris Litherland "Opportunity Walks" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/