From:  HenHanna <HenHanna@dev.null>
Date:  23 Sep 2024 13:11:51 Hong Kong Time
Newsgroup:  news.alt119.net/sci.lang
Subject:  

xxxxx Univ. --vs.-- The Univ. of xxxxxxxx
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Why are some uni's        The University of xxxxxxxx
        and others        xxxxxx  University ?


e.g.  The University of California  at ...........


i think ...  [U of xxxxxx]  is the older format.


                but  Harvard Univ. is the oldest in the USA ?