Redigerer Perth Amboy (avsnitt)

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[[Lenape]]indianerne kalte stedet der byen ble bygd «Ompoge», som betyr «flat grunn»<ref name=NYT2001>Cheslow, Jerry. [https://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/02/realestate/if-you-re-thinking-living-perth-amboy-waterfront-city-planning-comeback.html "If You're Thinking of Living In/Perth Amboy; A Waterfront City Planning a Comeback"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', 2. desember 2001. Lest 18. desember 2019. "The ''City by the Bay,'' as Perth Amboy calls itself, has a proud history. Founded in 1683, it was the first city in New Jersey to be chartered by the Crown, in 1718.... The name Perth Amboy comes from the Earl of Perth, one of the proprietors of New Jersey under the royal grant, and the Leni Lenape Indian word 'ompage', meaning 'level ground.'"</ref> eller «stående, rank».<ref>[http://mapmaker.rutgers.edu/356/nj_place_names_origin.pdf The Origin of New Jersey Place Names], Mai 1945, s. 26. Lest 18.desember 2019.</ref> Byen ble da den ble til i 1683 kalt «New Perth» etter [[James Drummond, 4. earl av Perth|James Drummond, jarlen av Perth]]. Han æres også med en statue foran rådhuset.<ref name="CN2018">Makin, Bob. [https://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/local/new-jersey/jersey-history/2018/06/28/walking-guide-perth-amboys-colonial-revolutionary-war-history/735404002/ "Walking guide to Perth Amboy's Colonial, Revolutionary War history"], ''[[Courier News]]'', 28. juni 2018. Lest 18. desember 2019. "Outside city hall is a statue of James Drummond, 4th Earl of Perth, a Scottish statesmen who partnered with William Penn in the settlement of East Jersey in 1681. In 1683, he and Penn were among the 12 Proprietors who established the city as a port, fishery and trading post. Perth Amboy is named in the Earl’s honor, Amboy being an Anglicizing of the Lenape word for valley, 'ompoge.'"</ref> [[algonkinske språk|Det algonkiske]] navnet ble korrumpert til ''Ambo'', eller ''Point Amboy'', og så kom kombinasjonen av det lokale og det skotske. Også i bynavnet [[South Amboy (New Jersey)|South Amboy]] går det igjen.<ref name="WPA">Compiled by the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Project Administration Project for the State of New Jersey [https://books.google.com/books?id=t6wmzEJvTGcC&pg=PA362 ''New Jersey A Guide to Its Past and Present''], p. 362. [[Works Project Administration]], reprinted by US History Publishers, 2007. {{ISBN|9781603540292}}. Lst 8. august 2014.</ref><ref>Hutchinson, Viola L. [http://mapmaker.rutgers.edu/356/nj_place_names_origin.pdf#page=26 ''The Origin of New Jersey Place Names''], New Jersey Public Library Commission, Mai 1945. Lest 17. september 2015.</ref><ref>Gannett, Henry. [https://books.google.com/books?id=9V1IAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA243 ''The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States''], p. 243. [[United States Government Printing Office]], 1905. Lest 17. september 2015.</ref>