• Kittywumpus@lemmy.world
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    1 年前

    Fun fact - Pennsylvania is named that because it was owned by some white guy (Penn) who owned a literal state sized chunk of woods (Sylvan-ia)

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        I’m no etymologist and that’s like a factoid I know, but Sylvan/silvan means woods I believe?

        Could be related 🤷‍♂️