The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 22 days agoNew names are hard, ok?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square170linkfedilinkarrow-up1884arrow-down112
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minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·21 days agoAre we sure it doesn’t come from the word “canton” as in another word for “state”, e.g Swiss Cantons?
minus-squaremlg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·21 days agoI checked and nah, most of them explicitly state China as the name origin and one of them is even close to another town called Nankin which was named after Nanjing lol.
Are we sure it doesn’t come from the word “canton” as in another word for “state”, e.g Swiss Cantons?
I checked and nah, most of them explicitly state China as the name origin and one of them is even close to another town called Nankin which was named after Nanjing lol.