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Support for changing B.C.'s name on the decline: poll (www.cowichanvalleycitizen.com)
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[โ€“] azi@mander.xyz 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Columbia, from Columbus, has always been a common poetic name for the US and it's this that the ship is named after. The name of BC is one of many on the continent that ultimately derives from Columbus

[โ€“] BCsven@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

Sure if you stretch it. But BC wasn't named aftet Columbus "discovering" it. Changing the name to remove a a non-connection is just putting glitter on shit