New York City

==Etymology==
{{See_also|Nicknames of New York City}}
In 1664, New York was named in honor of the [[Duke of York]] (later King [[James&nbsp;II of England]]).<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.qchron.com/editions/queenswide/new-amsterdam-becomes-new-york/article_dd6e910f-a882-5b2e-9771-a2caa1574e07.html |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170201120328/https://www.qchron.com/editions/queenswide/new-amsterdam-becomes-new-york/article_dd6e910f-a882-5b2e-9771-a2caa1574e07.html |title = 1664 New Amsterdam becomes New York Dutch rulers surrender to England |first = Etta |last = Badoe |publisher = [[Queens Chronicle]] |date = November 11, 2015 |archive-date = February 1, 2017 |access-date = March 13, 2021 |url-status = dead }}</ref> James's elder brother, King [[Charles II of England|Charles&nbsp;II]], appointed the Duke as [[Proprietary colony|proprietor]] of the former territory of [[New Netherland]], including the city of [[New Amsterdam]], when the [[Kingdom of England]] seized it from Dutch control.<ref name="Archdeacon2013a">{{cite book |first = Thomas J. |last = Archdeacon |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=9bTxAAAAQBAJ&pg=PT19 |title = New York City, 1664–1710: Conquest and Change |publisher = [[Cornell University Press]] |year = 2013 |isbn = 978-0-8014-6891-9 |page = 19 |author-link1 = Thomas J. Archdeacon }}</ref>