November 3, 2026 at 12:51 PM
TIL that Washington Irving proposed renaming the USA to either Appalachia or Alleghania, or perhaps the United States or Appalachia / Alleghania if people felt strongly about keeping “USA.”
http://www.telelib.com/authors/I/IrvingWashington/prose/wolfertsroost/nationalnomenclature.html
http://www.telelib.com/authors/I/IrvingWashington/prose/wolfertsroost/nationalnomenclature.html
National Nomenclature - Wolfert's Roost and Miscellanies - Washington Irving, Book, etext
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April 28, 2023 at 1:43 PM
TIL that Washington Irving proposed renaming the USA to either Appalachia or Alleghania, or perhaps the United States or Appalachia / Alleghania if people felt strongly about keeping “USA.”
http://www.telelib.com/authors/I/IrvingWashington/prose/wolfertsroost/nationalnomenclature.html
http://www.telelib.com/authors/I/IrvingWashington/prose/wolfertsroost/nationalnomenclature.html