Names for a British New Orleans and British Louisiana
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Daniel Coxe proposed settling the region as the colony of Carolana, and the "Isle of Orleans" as the French called it instead called "the Isle of Nassaw". You could possibly just dig those names up for use. https://books.google.com/books?id=6O9eAAAAcAAJ&pg=PT3&lpg=PT3&dq="daniel+coxe"+"carolana"+"nassaw"&source=bl&ots=NmbYZRGEKK&sig=ACfU3U1FbXk6bhVUw58nMgDAZP-j8Yt-2w&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjxgoSZgPruAhWydN8KHbpnBZkQ6AEwAHoECAIQAw#v=onepage&q="daniel coxe" "carolana" "nassaw"&f=false
Maybe something German? New Hanover for the colony itself, and New Bremen for the port of New Orleans?
Why not? English kings still used the title “King of France” at the time.
It would be interesting TL where say, British take Louisiana long before ARW ( say instead of Acadia ), and then after it, newly-conquered Canada and Acadia ( still French populated ) go with the US ( but not with the Constitution, they part ways with the rest of the US there and become independent ) while British manage to keep Louisiana and Louisiana becomes new "Canada". And so, end result: USA ( 13 colonies plus trans-Appalachian area ), British Louisiana ( OTL Louisiana, Arkansas, up to St. Louis, east Texas, western Mississippi ) and independent French Canada.
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They are not so obviously after specifically French things.
So why would they want to have a territory named after the pretender?
Maybe to show dominance, this used to be French, now it’s ours, old Orleans next!
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Perhaps the British of the 7 Years’ War would harken back to 100 Years’ War, to their defeat at the hands of Joan of Arc at the original (old) Orleans. They might want to avenge that costly failure to take Orleans which, according to Wikipedia (see below), prevented them from conquering all of France by wiping out all the French place names in Louisiana.
By taking New Orleans, they would thereby also have all of Louisiana fall into their hands and irrevocably weaken, if not eliminate, the French menace forever in North America. So why not eliminate the very names too ?
Louisiana could become Plantagenetia, after the English royal family, the Plantagenets, at the time of the 100 Years’ War. As for their present King George II or III, “Georgia” was already taken and “Hanoveria” doesn’t recall heroic English warrior kings like the glorious history of the Plantagenets does .
New Orleans could be renamed Lancastria, after John of Lancaster, the English regent, for Henry VI. Lake Pontchartrain could be renamed Lake Agincourt, for one of the greatest English victories in history.
Baton Rouge, meaning “red stick” in French, could be renamed for another 100 Years’ War hero, the Black Prince. Or “Prince Noir” if the British really wanted to stick it to the defeated French.
Biloxi and Mobile could retain their names since they were derived from Indian tribe names and not obviously French.
By taking New Orleans, they would thereby also have all of Louisiana fall into their hands and irrevocably weaken, if not eliminate, the French menace forever in North America. So why not eliminate the very names too ?
Louisiana could become Plantagenetia, after the English royal family, the Plantagenets, at the time of the 100 Years’ War. As for their present King George II or III, “Georgia” was already taken and “Hanoveria” doesn’t recall heroic English warrior kings like the glorious history of the Plantagenets does .
New Orleans could be renamed Lancastria, after John of Lancaster, the English regent, for Henry VI. Lake Pontchartrain could be renamed Lake Agincourt, for one of the greatest English victories in history.
Baton Rouge, meaning “red stick” in French, could be renamed for another 100 Years’ War hero, the Black Prince. Or “Prince Noir” if the British really wanted to stick it to the defeated French.
Biloxi and Mobile could retain their names since they were derived from Indian tribe names and not obviously French.
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I'm tempted to say that they probably don't change either name. Probably a lot of the other names get switched out, but those are pretty easy on the Anglo tongue and probably get a pass.