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Sometimes they don’t even put new in front of it. Illinois has a Milan, but they pronounce it My-lan. Smh
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Like so many cities in the US, the name is used a lot because of biblical references to it. American Christians are not a very creative bunch.
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Supposedly that city is named after a dad who ran a mining operation loading stuff out in bags. Ridiculous.
There’s also a Bagdad in Florida.
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I’ve heard that but I highly doubt it. seems like a post 9/11 freedom fries kinda deal. When I was a kid I remember hearing that they named it that way because the founder had been to Baghdad and thought it the most beautiful desert city in the world, so he wanted to invoke that spirit. Doubt the spelling was nearly as standardized back then.
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