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jacobin17 t1_j2fpbuv wrote on December 31, 2022 at 10:56 PM

Reply to comment by drafterman in ELI5 why do people refer to it as the pacific northwest rather than simply the northwest? by Longshot_Louie

The funny part is that Washington was originally going to be admitted as Columbia but they thought it would be too confusing because of the District of Columbia.