minus-square4ce@lemm.eetoToday I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca•TIL America was named after a obscure German citylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 year agoEmmerich is also just an old-fashioned German name. I would assume that the name Amerigo is derived from the name Emmerich, not the town Emmerich. linkfedilink
Emmerich is also just an old-fashioned German name. I would assume that the name Amerigo is derived from the name Emmerich, not the town Emmerich.