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| Maybe named after Stadhouder William III, future King of England; divided in two section: Punda (established by the Dutch as 'De Punt') and Otrobanda ('the other side'). | |
| Supposedly first landfall of Columbus in 1492, it was founded in 1681 by salt harvesters and named after a Bahamian governor. | |
| Founded by Spanish colonists in 1521, its original name means 'Rich Port City', for its similar geographical features to Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands. | |
| Founded after that Sweden obtained the island from France in 1785, it was named after King Gustav III. | |
| Originally a fishing village on a swamp for which it was named, it became capital during the reign of King Louis XVI, who built Fort St.Louis, its most important building. | |
| Its name is an English corruption of the old Dutch 'De Botte', meaning 'the bowl' referring to its geographical position in a valley surrounded by hills. | |
| Initially known as 'Port Jackson', it was renamed after a survey and, in 1845, set as capital in place of the near city of Port Louis. | |
| Named after the queen consort to King Christian V of Denmark, its name was changed to St. Thomas in 1921, but reverted to its original in 1937. | |
| Established adjacent to the old Fort Oranje and known as 'Playa' in Papiamentu, its Dutch name means 'coral reef' or 'coral dike'. | |
| Founded as 'Fort Saint Louis'; destroyed and rebuilt as 'Fort-Royal'; familiarly called 'Foyal'; its present name replaced 'Fort-La-Republique'. | |
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| Its name is derived from the nautical term ' the roads' (a place less sheltered than a harbor but which ships can easily get to). | |
| Named after King George III of England, who granted the islands freedom from conscription and taxation, for having rescued a convoy carrying his son, the Prince William. | |
| First occupied by the ancient pre-Inuit; founded with a Danish name meaning 'Good Hope'; renamed in 1979 with a local name meaning 'the headland'. | |
| Smaller than the historic town of St. George's, it was founded in 1790 and named in honor of the governor in charge at that time. | |
| Its island is part of the archipelago baptized 'Ilhas das Onze Mil Virgens' and 'Green Islands'; its present French name is in honor of the patron saint of fishermen. | |
| With no official name at the beginning, it was known as 'Paardenbaai' until the 1820s, when its present name was conferred in honour of King William of Orange-Nassau. | |
| According to legend, it was named after the son of Indian chief Cépérou; but scientists believes its name comes from the 'stove' used for cooking during sea voyages. | |
| Settled in 1632, it takes its name from Fort Oranje, which rides high on the clifftop above the Lower Town. | |
| Officially founded in 1763 by John Philips, a captain in the Dutch navy, it was an Arawak settlement discovered by Columbus in 1493. | |
| Its name originates from being situated downwind compared to other side of the island, 'Cabesterre'. | |
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