• Auk@kbin.social
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        1 year ago

        There’s a Bagdad in Tasmania too, went past it when I was down there a while back (as well as Jericho and the Nile River).

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        1 year ago

        Supposedly that city is named after a dad who ran a mining operation loading stuff out in bags. Ridiculous.

        There’s also a Bagdad in Florida.

        • AngrilyEatingMuffins@kbin.social
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          I’ve heard that but I highly doubt it. seems like a post 9/11 freedom fries kinda deal. When I was a kid I remember hearing that they named it that way because the founder had been to Baghdad and thought it the most beautiful desert city in the world, so he wanted to invoke that spirit. Doubt the spelling was nearly as standardized back then.