Why is there a Cambridge in America? Isn't it British? I bought a piece of American land today. Why is there a Cambridge on it?
The British who used to live in Cambridge moved to the United States, so they called their place of residence Cambridge, because they remembered their hometown, not Cambridge University in England. This is the same as new york. The British who used to live in Yorkshire moved to the United States, so they called their place of residence new york, which is "new york".