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Originally posted by Swine
Not when New York was actually called New Amsterdam several decades ago 
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There is still a statue in New York saying that in Dutch.
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"ON THE / 22ND OF APRIL 1625 / AMSTERDAM CHAMBER OF / THE WEST INDIES COMPANY / DECREED THE ESTABLISHMENT / AND THE CREATION OF THE / ADJOINING FARMS / THE PURCHASE OF THE / ISLAND OF MANHATTAN / WAS ACCOMPLISHED IN / 1626. THUS WAS LAID THE / FOUNDATION OF THE / CITY OF NEW YORK."
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The Dutch decided in Amsterdam to create New Amsterdam and laid the foundation of New York.