Newcastle upon Tyne - Wikipedia
It is called Newcastle upon Tyne because the castle it references was new at the time, and the city is located on the river Tyne. Everything here makes perfect sense. I have so much respect for this city that I used the British English spelling in the thread title.
And get this, Newcastle upon Tyne has a friendship agreement with the Little Rock city from Arkansas, where literally everything is wrong about it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Rock,_Arkansas
First of all, the state is named wrong, it should be called Arkansaw. Secondly, Little Rock is actually the state capital and largest city, it should not be called ''Little'' Rock. It should either be called Big Rock or Capital Rock. We've already discussed this here: https://incels.is/threads/darkstar-im-afraid-i-have-some-more-bad-news.788261
Then I did some more research, and I was able to find more cities and towns with sensible names.
- Stratford-upon-Avon, where Strat means street, ford is a shallow portion of a river, and Avon is the river where it's built: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratford-upon-Avon
- Cambridge, named after a bridge crossing river Cam: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge
- Newcastle-under-Lyme, also referencing a new castle at the time and Lyme is the forest where the castle was: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newcastle-under-Lyme
I had a very poor opinion about England due to the whole United Kingdom/Great Britain/England/New England, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland fiasco. But I have found genuine respect for the English now. I like them, I want to live in England now
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