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{{quote|''London, England. Not to be confused with London, Ontario.''}}
There are a great deal of American cities and towns named after places from Europe: mostly British places, but French, German, Spanish, Portuguese and Dutch names crop up across the USA, not to mention numerous variations and simplifications of Native American spellings. This reflects the USA's origins as being colonized by people from across the world. Interestingly enough, lots of major American cities are far bigger than their European counterparts ever were ([[Cleveland Rocks|Cleveland]], Boston, Stockton, Rochester and Portland are the most obvious examples, and the only two major exceptions are Birmingham and Manchester).
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* ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000|MST3K]]'' mocked this once when a caption said "Illinois, USA". As opposed to Illinois, Mongolia.
* Played with in ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'' in the Cycling Tour episode when any time a city is mentioned it cuts away to Eric Idle in a military uniform standing in front of a map and pointing out the city's distance from 3 unrelated cities around Europe. By the third or fourth time he's eventually told to shut up by the characters in the sketch.
* Played with in an episode of ''[[
{{quote|'''Maj. Winchester:''' Yes, Massachusetts, you geographic whiz.
'''Maj. Winchester:''' ''(through gritted teeth)'' ''No!'' It's spending the weekend in ''Florida!'' }}
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