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Examples of mistaken toponyms

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O Rio? 4 Places in the Americas Named By Mistake

NOME, ALASKA. For a short time the home of a lucrative (and tragic) gold rush, Nome likely did not come from an Alaskan Native word but from a typo.

IDAHO

THE WEST INDIES

BARBADOS AND BERBUDA

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