Londonderry

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Londonderry is a city in Northern Ireland near to the border with the Republic of Ireland. It was originally called Doire (pronounced duhruh) which is an Irish word for a group of oak trees. In English, this word became "Derry". When the city became bigger, six companies from London in England paid lots of many to build things. The city was renamed "Londonderry".

In 1984 the city council changed the name of the city back to its original title of Derry.However the councils wishes have not been recognised by the British government, despite the majority of the cities citizens calling the city Derry.