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Same with Swedish city Västerås with original name West Aros. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A4ster%C3%A5s

West Aros. Like... Westeros? Is that where they got that from for GoT?

It’s all a pastiche. Even the map is just Great Britain on top of Ireland: https://brilliantmaps.com/westeros/

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