Not sure if this has been a specific topic on here...
Always interesting to learn why a city, town, village is named what it is. What's the meaning/history of your hometown's name?
I grew up in both Erie and Pittsburgh:
Erie - named for Lake Erie, which is named for the Erie or Eriez or Erielhonan Indians who occupied the territory from SW NY to Northern OH. Meaning "cat" or "people of the cat". The French referred to them as the "Nation du Chat". Area was referred to as Erie by the British.
Area was originally referred to as Presque Isle, meaning "almost island", by the French who first explored the area in the 1670s, but did not establish a fort and settlement there until the early 1750s. Formally named Erie in 1790s. Presque Isle is a much cooler name than Erie
Pittsburgh - named by the British General William Forbes for England Prime Minister William Pitt - Earl of Chatham, after capturing French Fort Duquesne in 1758. Forbes was a Scot, so the original pronunciation is "Pittsboro" or more likely "Pittsburrah".
The French Duquesne (du Chene, du Cheney, du Chesne, du Quesney), meaning "of the oak", was named for the Marquis Du Quesne, Governor General of New France. Again, Duquesne being a cooler name than Pittsburgh
Place of (part time) residence:
Miami - named for the Mayaimi or Maimi Indians who lived near Lake Mayaimi (lake Okeechobee), meaning "big water".
Area was referred to as Biscayne or Vizcaino (meaning "Basque) by the Spanish as early as the mid-1500s; and then known as Biscayne Country until the 1830s when the US established Fort Dallas (named after naval commander A.J. Dallas, one of the prominent Pennsylvania Dallas family, which also included Sec of Treasury under Madison - A.J. Dallas Sr. and Vice President under Polk - George Dallas (who
Dallas TX, a former city I called homee, is named for incidentally). The fort and surrounding village was built on plantation property, which the owner called Miami.