I knew about Coney Island but I had never made the connection between Coney and Rabbit, I thought it was just a name.
Curiously there is another Isla Conejo / Rabbit Island near here too.
From Wikipedia:
It may be because when the Dutch people arrived in New Netherland, this island had many rabbits, so they named it 'Konijn Island', which became 'Coney Island', using the archaic term for rabbit in English.
I knew about Coney Island but I had never made the connection between Coney and Rabbit, I thought it was just a name.
Curiously there is another Isla Conejo / Rabbit Island near here too.
From Wikipedia:
It may be because when the Dutch people arrived in New Netherland, this island had many rabbits, so they named it 'Konijn Island', which became 'Coney Island', using the archaic term for rabbit in English.