>...> Ferko writes:
> > British Columbia is called "British" because Queen Victoria liked
> > the name "Columbia", but it was already taken, so she added "British"
> > in front of it, to distinguish it from Spanish Columbia.
Barry Garcia wrote:
>...> Although, she might have gotten away with it with the spelling,
> since the Spanish country is spelled "Colombia", but i guess
> confusion would still have resulted ;).
Alternately could have calqued it to Doveland.
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