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Arnhem Land, AUS; Baviaanskloof Mega Reserve, Eastern Cape, ZA; Bergen County, New Jersey, USA; Nassau County, New York, USA; Mount Wilhelmina, former name of Puncak ...
This is a list of place names in the United States that either are Dutch, were translated from Dutch, or were heavily inspired by a Dutch name or term. Many originate from the Dutch colony of New Netherland .
This random sampling of Dutch family names is sorted by family name, with the tussenvoegsel following the name after a comma. Meanings are provided where known. See Category:Dutch-language surnames and Category:Surnames of Frisian origin for surnames with their own pages. Baas – The Boss; Bakker – Baker; Beek, van – From the brook
Map c.1634. An early name for Brooklyn was Gebroke Land, or broken land, likely because of its many streams, rivers, and tidal flats. Early maps refer to western Long Island as Gebroken Land, or "Broken Land," [38] though most believe the city, and later borough, was named for the Dutch town whose contemporary spelling is Breukelen. Some say ...
The actual city and state name were named after a 1947 single by Vaughn Monroe, not after a much better-known song released 41 years later! Kokpek: A village in Kazakhstan. Koksijde: A town in Belgium. Kokstad: A city in South Africa. Since "stad" means city in Dutch you can look at it like "cock city". Kommunizm: A town and jamoat in ...
The Dutch word for city is stad (plural: steden). The intermediate category of town does not exist in Dutch, but provinciestad (small city in the province) comes close. Historically, there existed systems of city rights, granted by the territorial lords, which defined the status of a place: a stad or dorp. Cities were self-governing and had ...
Various city names are often employed as placeholders. For instance, to denote a remote, obscure place: Тьмутаракань (Tmutarakan, an ancient Crimean city which sounds in modern Russian something like "dark cockroach city", тьма таракан) Зажопинск (Zazhopinsk, "city beyond the ass")
See also A Aadorp - Aagtdorp - Aagtekerke - Aalbeek - Aalburg - Aalden - Aalsmeer - Aalsmeerderbrug - Aalst, Buren - Aalst, North Brabant - Aalst, Zaltbommel - Aalsum, Friesland - Aalsum, Groningen - Aalten - Aardenburg - Aarlanderveen - Aarle-Rixtel - Aartswoud - Abbega - Abbenbroek - Abbenes - Abcoude - Absdale - Abshoven - Achlum - Achterberg - Achterste Erm - Achterveld - Achthuizen ...