From Wall St. to Harlem, the stories behind iconic NYC landmarks revealed
NY Post
In the city so nice that they named it twice, place names hold a lot of meaning.
In 1609, Dutch settlers named the territory we now call New York “Nieuw Amsterdam.” It got its current moniker after British invaders charged by the Duke of York successfully commandeered the terrain in 1664. As for the iconic borough of Manhattan, it got its name from the Lenape Native Americans, who referred to a small section of the land as “Manahatta” — which means “place where we gather wood for bows and arrows.”
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